Request from Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook to discuss increasing the assistance given to the elderly Mr. Tervavitzsky by half an Egyptian Lira per month. 20 Iyar [May 18] Jerusalem, 1922.
Specifications: [1] leaf, official paper of the Chief Rabbi of the Land of Israel, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook. 13×18 cm. Document numbered 2041.
Unique Features: The Chief Rabbi of the Land of Israel is concerned about the suffering of an elderly man who expresses his sorrow and discomfort due to the lack of a small monthly sum. Rabbi Kook writes that he does not known if the details of his claim are correct, “But this I do know, that it worthwhile that a respectable old man such as he not have to complain … for half an Egyptian Lira a month.” Therefore, he asks for the matter to be discussed and to be informed of the decision reached.
Background: Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook [1865-1935], adjudicator, kabbalist, poet and philosopher. Served as rabbi of Zaumel and Bausk, Jaffa and the settlements, and later as Ashkenazi rabbi of Jerusalem. He established the Chief Rabbinate of the Land of Israel and served as the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi. Founder of the “Central World Yeshiva, ” which was later called Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.
Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky [1871-1955], one of Jerusalem’s great rabbis and the head and director of the Etz Chaim institutions. Founder of the “Luach Eretz Yisrael” and author of many books of halacha.
Condition: Very fine. Fold marks.