Charity-Fund Safe Constructed by Students at the Sha'arei Torah Talmud Torah in Jaffa

Charity-Fund Safe Constructed by Students at the Sha'arei Torah Talmud Torah in Jaffa

"... that the Anglo-Palestine bank prepared a safe [through Sha'arei Torah] according to the large European format, and they are fully satisfied with the quality of the work ..." (Iggerot HaRav Kook). 

Thick iron charity box which was attached to an external wall facing the street for the purpose of collecting donations. With locking mechanisms. Without the key. The front of the box bears a slot for the insertion of coins and a metal plate bearing the inscription "Sha'arei Torah Workshop, Jaffa." Jaffa, early 20th century.

Sha'arei Torah was a public institution in the period of the First Aliyah, established by the Old Yishuv in the Neve Shalom neighborhood of Jaffa in 1890. It was active until the War of Independence, and was closed and abandoned due to the War. In one of his letters, Rabbi Kook writes about the workshop: "Those who have a tendency towards workmanship should apprentice some hours each day at the workshop, founded near us here at the Sha'arei Torah institution. It was just recently founded, about two years ago. Now it is at such a level that the Anglo-Palestine bank prepared a safe through it according to the large European format, and they are fully satisfied with the quality of the work" (Iggerot HaRav Avraham Yitzchak Kook, Letter 146, 17 Sivan, 1908). 

26x26x26 cm.

Fine condition. Minimal rust stains.