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Poster calling to come and separate from Rabbi Cook when leaving the country [1924]

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06.17.2020 07:00pm

"Give respect to the Torah!" - A poster urging the masses to come to the train station to separate from Rabbi Cook on his departure from Israel to America for the purpose of holding the Torah and Yishuv institutions in the Holy Land [1924]. Rohald print.

"Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel Genius Israel and His Majesty Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Cook Shlit'a on his way to America ... The crowd must come to the train station at 7 o'clock to pay respect the Torah for the farewell blessing". In the winter of 1924, Rabbi Kook left for the United States at the head of a rabbinical delegation attended by Rabbi Avraham Dov Kahana Shapira, and Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, head of the Slabodka Yeshiva, In order to obtain funding for the Torah institutions in Palestine. He also met with US President Calvin Coolidge at the White House, And even received honorary citizenship of New York City.

Size: 50x36 cm. Stains. Folding marks. Slight tears. Good condition.

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171. Poster calling to come and separate from Rabbi Cook when leaving the country [1924]