The issue was a disagreement between the institutions about the estate left by the donor Mr. Michael Pollack of Haifa. Apparently, over the course of 1939, there were words between Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky and the administration of the Mercaz HaRav yeshivah about the right to the fund. In Shevat 1939, the chief rabbinate, led by Rabbi Herzog, deliberated and decided that in the meantime, Rabbi Tukachinsky should seize Mercaz HaRav’s ‘portion’ from the funds that came to him from the donor. After the deliberation, Rabbi Herzog traveled abroad to save the Jewish people from persecution. Apparently, there was an appeal of this ruling.
Documents in the file:
* Ruling from Shevat, 1939. Official stationery signed by the dayanim Rabbi Eliyahu Mordechai HaLevi and Rabbi Yosef HaLevi, and the secretary Rabbi Shmuel Aharon Weber-Shazuri . With the beit din’s stamp. In this letter, the dayanim instruct Rabbi Tukachinsky to seize the funds until Rabbi Herzog returns from abroad.
* In Tevet, 1940, the chief rabbinate deliberated this case, and decided that Din Torah dictates that Rabbi Tukachinsky transfer the money that he received, 90 Palestine pounds, to Rabbi Yitzchak Arieli to defray Mercaz HaRav’s debt. The ruling is signed by: Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Ya’akov Kalmas and Rabbi Avraham Philosoph .
* Official stationery signed by Rabbi Eliyahu Mordechai HaLevi and Rabbi Yosef HaLevi and the secretary, Rabbi Shmuel Aharon Webber- Shazuri. And the stamp of the Beit Din. On the same topic. Undated.
* [4] letters from the Mercaz HaRav yeshivah regarding these funds.
Total: [7] letters + original envelope.
Various sizes and conditions, overall fine condition.