Rare and Interesting letter from Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook to Mr. Pinchas Rottenberg, founder of the Electric Company, with respect to support for yeshivahs. This letter reveals a surprising and unknown aspect of Rottenberg’s personality.
The content of the letter from Rabbi Kook demonstrates that Rottenberg, who was completely secular, formulated and initiated assistance for the yeshivahs. Rabbi Kook writes: “Continue with the great idea that you devised … to rescue our yeshivahs, without which the Jewish people would no longer exist … I expect the his honor, a man of spirit and action, will not neglect this great idea.”
The letter is undated, but it was apparently written at the beginning of the previous century.
[1] leaf paper, 28 cm. Typewritten, signed and stamped by Rabbi Kook.
Very fine condition. Fold marks. Slight stains.