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LOT 37:
Collection of [8] Letters from the First Mayor of Jerusalem, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Shragai, to the gaon Rabbi Yechiel ...
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Collection of [8] Letters from the First Mayor of Jerusalem, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Shragai, to the gaon Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky, with Questions of Religion and State. Jerusalem, Mid-20th Century
Collection of Rabbi Shragai's letters as chairman of HaPoel HaMizrachi, and with the establishment of the state, as mayor of Jerusalem. As a result of his extensive public activities, he was faced with many questions of religion and state. This lot includes eight letters in which he turns to the gaon Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky with current critical questions, such as: Whether it is permissible to be a member of a kosher ship company, but the Jewish workers, we will assume, would transgress Shabbat on the ships. An entire list of questions about the rule dina d'malchuta dina. The Torah's attitude to municipal regulations regarding taxpayers. Whether to participate in the deliberation of city budgets for secular schools. Another lengthy list of questions related to kashrut and to Shabbat observance.
[8] leaves in total. Several original envelopes included.
Overall very fine condition, fold marks.
