Letter by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook to the Hebrew Group Committee in Haifa, stencil print with the rabbi’s signature.
In this letter, Rabbi Kook turns to the Hebrew Group Committee to inform them that Rabbi Yehoshua Kanel has been sent on his behalf to the Haifa group as a member of the office of the rabbinate, for all matters, and he request that his appointment be arranged officially.
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook [1865-1935] was the leader of religious Zionism, an adjudicator and a kabbalist. He served as rabbi in Zheimel and in Boisk, as rabbi of Jaffa and the colonies, and thereafter as Ashkenazic rabbi of Jerusalem. He founded “The World Central Yeshivah,” which is Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav.
[1] official paper leaf. 22×28 cm. Filing perforations. Fine condition.