[7] early, sharp posters from prominent Torah scholars of many backgrounds, opposing the Yemenite “Dardaim” faction. Most are from the 1930s.
* Kol Korei Lichol Shlomei Emunei Acheinu Beit Yisrael B’Eretz Yisrael! – poster appealing for help printing Emunat Hashem that discloses the falsehoods of the “Dardaim” faction, Zukerman press, 1930. Signed in print by Rabbi Chaim Iraqi, Rabbi Yuda Avraham Chabshush, R’ Shalom Shlomo Najar, Rabbi Said ben Yosef Alaziri, Rabbi Yosef Tzabiri, and Rabbi Yichye Shalom Arusi.
* Poster issued by the Beit Din HaGadol LiKol Mi’Kehillot HaAshkenazim, Jerualem [1934] protesting the propaganda materials distributed by the “Merkaz Irgun Avi Dor” which contained ideas opposing the Zohar. “Young people have stood in front of our eyes with great brazeness to speak … against the Zohar which is holy to Yisrael …” Signed in print by Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horowitz and Rabbi Eliyahu Barh”ash Reem.
* Kol Korei L’Tzibbur HaTeimani B’Eretz Yisrael! Sharp poster opposing the “Dardaim” faction, “and from pitfall to pitfall they fall … that they publish slander about the Jewish nation and they call every Jew that believes in kabbala a heretic and with these lowly deeds they caused … to the Jewish cities in our Diaspora, in Yemen.” The poster addresses the public and asks for donations to print a book that will disprove their claims. Moses press, Tel Aviv. Dozens of signatures of Yemenite rabbis from different cities throughout the country.
* Azhara Nora’ah issued by the Beit Din Tzedek k”k Maaravim in Jerusalem. Poster from the leading Moroccan rabbis opposing the Dardaim. Signed in print by Rabbi Shmuel Azran, Rabbi Yosef Y. Shalosh, and Rabbi Shalom M. Azulai.
* Moda’ah V’Azhara issued by the Beit Din Tzeddek L’Adat HaSephardim of Jerusalem. Clarification of the claims of the Dardaim and various responses from sources that they tried to use to justify their claims opposing the Zohar and the wisdom of kabbala. Signed in print by the leaders of the Sephardic community: Rabbi Avraham Philosof, Rabbi Moshe A. Ades, Rabbi Chanania Gavriel, Rabbi Ben Tzion Koinka, Rabbi Mordechai Meyuches, and Rabbi Avraham Ezriel.
* L’Hasir HaMichshala – poster signed [in print] by the rabbis of the Badatz Mikehilot HaAshkenazim in Jerusalem opposing Rabbi Yichya Kapach and his followers. [“Regarding some people from Yemen and here who followed a bad culture and are called the “Avi David” organization … the one called Yichya Kapach, we already know who he is. He was excommunicated and banished by the Sages of the Land of Israel since 1914 since his heart wished to say that he is following the straightness of his heart and he gave his faction laws that are not good and judgments on the Zohar and the kabbala that they shouldn’t live with them. And he held back good from Jewish souls …], signed in print by Rabbi Pinchas … Epstein, Rabbi Gershon Yehuda Zilberman, Rabbi David Jungreis, and Rabbi Yosef Zvi Dushinsky.
* Giluy Daat L’Giluy Daat – poster issued by the Yemenite-Jerusalem community, who found it necessary to cleanse their reputation and declare that they do not follow the Dardaim and that the Jewish traditions including the Torah of kabbala and the Zohar lights their path.
Varying sizes and conditions. Average size: 30×40 cm. Overall fine condition.
