COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT LETTERS BY PROMINENT ENGLISH RABBIS, RABBI YITZHAK ISAAC HERZOG AND RABBI ISSER ...

COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT LETTERS BY PROMINENT ENGLISH RABBIS, RABBI YITZHAK ISAAC HERZOG AND RABBI ISSER YEHUDA UNTERMAN.

1. Letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Herzog to Rabbi Yitzchak Domnitz, Shochet in Derry, Ireland, discussing various Torah subjects.

2. Another letter from Rabbi Herzog to Rabbi Domnitz, Shochet in Derry, Ireland. ‘I rush to inform you that I did not sell the chametz of the Derry community at all ... your letter, addressed to the synagogue was handed to me today ... and I am informing you in brief what to do. Rice and other kitnios can be kept, but as far as the sack of flour is concerned you must enquire from the experts ... but one must certainly sell all types of chametz [before Pesach]. Spirits and beer certainly must be destroyed, as real chametz...’. Belfast, Chol Hamoed Pesach 1919.

3. English letter from Rabbi Herzog to Neville Laski regarding urgent intervention with the Russian authorities for the release of Rabbi Avraham Rapaport of Minsk. Dublin 1937.

4. English letter from Rabbi Herzog to Neville Laski appealing for his urgent intervention, together with his brother Sir Harold Laski, with the Russian authorities to stop the persecution of Rabbis in Russia. The letter mentions the involvement of his father-in-law Rabbi Hillman in the case. Dublin 1936.

5. Letter from Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman to Mr Aba Bornstein regarding his planned move to Eretz Yisrael and his hopes of appointment to the Chief Rabbinate of Tel Aviv. He was sure he would have Rabbi Herzog’s support but unsure how much influence he has in the matter.

Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Herzog (1889-1959), son of Rabbi Yoel Leb of Lomzha, Leeds and Paris. Served as Rabbi of Ireland (1915-1936), succeeding Rabbi Abraham Yitzchak Kook as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisrael. Founder and President of Vaad Hayeshivos.

Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman (1886-1976), studied under Rabbi Simcha Zelig of Brisk and Rabbi Shimon Shkopf and at the Volozhin Kollel. Rabbi in a number of Lithuanian communities, before settling in England (in 1923) as Rabbi of Liverpool, where he was active in raising religious standards, and later in assisting German Jewish refugees. Appointed Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv in 1946 and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel in 1964. Author of Shevet Miyehuda.

Neville Laski was a British Judge active in Jewish communal affairs, and his brother Sir Harold Laski was an influential British Jewish politician.

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