Unknown Jerusalemite Archive from the Period of the Mandate about the Western Wall – 300 Documents – Valuable ...

Unknown Jerusalemite Archive from the Period of the Mandate about the Western Wall – 300 Documents – Valuable Historical Content

Hundreds of documents: original transcriptions, from the period of the British mandate, which were written during the years 1920-1944.The archive contains valuable content about the rights of the Jews to the Western Wall and the Jewish settlement in the Old City of Jerusalem, Hundreds of documents whose content is unknown, and which do not appear in the National Library or the Archive of the Jerusalem Municipality. The letters before us are typewritten letters, some with original handwritten signatures, and with handwritten corrections and glosses.

The archive contains letters by the leaders of the Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel, rabbis and dignitaries, among them: the Chief Rabbis Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook and Rabbi Ya'akov Meir, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog, Rabbi Ben Zion Meir Chai Uziel, Rabbi Meir Berlin, Rabbi Eliyahu Berlin, Rabbi Orenstein, Yitzchak Ben Zvi (the future president of Israel), the High Commissioner (Herbert Samuel, Herbert Plumer, John Chancellor), the National Committee, the Governor of the Jerusalem District, the Chief Rabbinate and more. Includes protocols of important historical committees.

The subjects of the archive: The Western Wall * Polemic about renovations and repairs to the Wall * The yard of the Wall * the Temple Mount * Repairing the floor of the Western Wall Plaza * Repairing the Wall itself * Control of the Holy Places of Jerusalem * against the "White Paper" * The prayer arrangements by the Wall * The Wall during the Jewish Holidays and when there are many visitors * Regulations of the Wall regarding the muezzin * Taking pictures on Sabbath * Respecting the site * Baring one's head * The prayer at the Mosque * A building and new entrances to the Wall * Prayers by the Wall on Tisha B'Av * Protecting the Wall.

The archive before us sheds light on the conduct, the polemics, discussions, committees and correspondence between the various contemporary institutions. The content before us is unique and has never been published.

More than 300 documents. Sizes vary. Good condition. Several documents are in English.