Auction 54 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
Feb 7, 2017
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 160:

Orot by Rabbi Kook, First Edition - Bound with Kol HaShofar - Polemic Book Contesting Orot

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Orot by Rabbi Kook, First Edition - Bound with Kol HaShofar - Polemic Book Contesting Orot
Orot, composed of two compositions: Orot MeOfel and Orot HaTechiya, by R. Avraham Yitzchak (Isaac) HaCohen Kook. Jerusalem, 1920. First edition, published by Degel Yerushalayim.
The book was bound [close to the time of printing] with the booklet Kol HaShofar - a trenchant polemic composition contesting the book Orot, with rabbinical letters containing prohibitions of reading the book. [Jerusalem, 1920]. Published by Akiva Porush.
The book Orot is one of the first books of Jewish philosophy written by R. Kook - edited and printed by his son R. Zvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook. After it was published, the book generated an uproar in Charedi circles due to its radical ideas and incited fierce opposition to R. Kook. The booklet Kol Shofar was published in the midst of this conflict containing letters by several rabbis from Jerusalem, who used very strong language in their opposition to R. Kook's book, marking it a book of heresy and prohibiting reading it.
The two books are bound together with: Darki BaKodesh, homilies, by R. Gedalya Silverstone. St. Louis, 1922.
3 books bound together. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains, few tears. The bottom margins of the booklet Kol HaShofar were cut to adjust the leaves to the binding, affecting the text. Old binding, with slight damages.

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