19 telegrams exchanged between leading rabbis in Poland and Lithuania and the Union of Orthodox Rabbis (UOR) during the first half of the 20th century, on a variety of topics relating to the Torah world and current events. Europe, United States and Eretz Israel, 1929-1953. Hebrew (romanized), English and German.
The rabbis include: R. Avraham Dov Kahana-Shapira, R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, R. Eliezer Silver, R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, R. Akiva Sofer, R. Dov Berish Weidenfeld, R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, and others.
Approximately half the telegrams are from the 1930s. In one telegram, the UOR inquires as to the health of R. Kook and wishes him a complete recovery (several months before his passing). In a telegram dated 17th October 1939 (after the outbreak of WWII, before the German conquest of Lithuania) from R. Avraham Dov Kahana-Shapira Rabbi of Kovno, he informs that the rabbis of Vilna are in good health, and requests assistance. Another telegram from Kovno, dated 23rd August 1940, contains an urgent request to secure a visa for R. Zalman Sorotzkin.
19 telegrams. Size and condition vary.
A detailed list of the telegrams will be sent upon request.