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      <unittitle>Letter Addressing Rabbi Kook and Young People in Jerusalem</unittitle>
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      <abstract>In the name of God, 16th of Tammuz, 5783  
Priceerheen  
**  
Dear Sir: The exalted and elevated one, may he live long!  
I have received your esteemed letter, and here I am to fulfill my duty regarding the matter of our friend: the youth in Jerusalem.  
And it is a great light and a wonderful resident for me to find that the debt has been burdened upon me if he writes to the management of &quot;Etz Chaim&quot;: Novokov.  
For the evil greatly condemns the attack upon him, indeed &quot;my hands are most active in this matter, even as a murderer.&quot;  
I am convinced that after all this, they will cease the support from the youth of the association; thus, only this will come out of it.  
Let it be sent to &quot;Rabbi Kook&quot; to show with his finger his authority, and he should leave the scarves to the deceased, and according to this, he could withdraw his hand entirely and return the admonition of his morals to the youth in the Land of Israel or, more correctly, to not recognize the young man who is preventing the general heights of the association, and then these youths will know that either they have been misled or that the Israeli association has only wasted its efforts to respect its feelings, and then they will know to retreat and make way for the moderate youths.  
Rabbi Tzvi Pesach and Rabbi Sankevich will come and strengthen the association that will find favor and grace among all the residents of the Land of Israel.  
..  
Believe me, dear sir, that I too oppose the idea of a personal attack against Kook, for I would oppose any shadow of insult against him, except to fight for his language (meaning if to move and to call by name).  
And even ten years ago, I acted in the Land of Israel to be very careful not to make Kook a &quot;holy&quot; victim and oppressed for his opinions, but we must also expand the sorrow of the youth in Jerusalem (even though in the East they do not scrutinize so much in times of emergency of dispute, especially between the Hasidim to be cautious! It will be whoever it will be) for what, for example, will they be able to answer their sons when the deceptive light of the nationalists also sends them its lines when they will ask and point to this &quot;the man of God&quot;?  
And as was written by the organization of Rabbi Kook when he traveled to America, it was said in large letters in the name &quot;And it came to pass when the Ark was set forward.&quot;  
And if he says that the KKL is the Holy of Holies, the university will come forth from Zion, the Torah will emerge, the Maccabi raises the saying higher and higher in service and praises, saying, and may it be said, will things work on their hearts? For they will see and take for themselves the example of the heads of the rabbis?  
Therefore, only necessity brought them to condemn Rabbi Kook so that they could protect their sons from his path.  
Nuno Dr. Greenberg, I hereby accept responsibility for everything I have written, and I will also allow myself to write a response to the editorial note in the hope that my important letter was printed.  
There is no contradiction that it was the proof that on one hand he took from the love against the ICA and on the other hand he is working for the Zionist funds.</abstract>
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      <p>In the name of God, 16th of Tammuz, 5783  
Priceerheen  
**  
Dear Sir: The exalted and elevated one, may he live long!  
I have received your esteemed letter, and here I am to fulfill my duty regarding the matter of our friend: the youth in Jerusalem.  
And it is a great light and a wonderful resident for me to find that the debt has been burdened upon me if he writes to the management of &quot;Etz Chaim&quot;: Novokov.  
For the evil greatly condemns the attack upon him, indeed &quot;my hands are most active in this matter, even as a murderer.&quot;  
I am convinced that after all this, they will cease the support from the youth of the association; thus, only this will come out of it.  
Let it be sent to &quot;Rabbi Kook&quot; to show with his finger his authority, and he should leave the scarves to the deceased, and according to this, he could withdraw his hand entirely and return the admonition of his morals to the youth in the Land of Israel or, more correctly, to not recognize the young man who is preventing the general heights of the association, and then these youths will know that either they have been misled or that the Israeli association has only wasted its efforts to respect its feelings, and then they will know to retreat and make way for the moderate youths.  
Rabbi Tzvi Pesach and Rabbi Sankevich will come and strengthen the association that will find favor and grace among all the residents of the Land of Israel.  
..  
Believe me, dear sir, that I too oppose the idea of a personal attack against Kook, for I would oppose any shadow of insult against him, except to fight for his language (meaning if to move and to call by name).  
And even ten years ago, I acted in the Land of Israel to be very careful not to make Kook a &quot;holy&quot; victim and oppressed for his opinions, but we must also expand the sorrow of the youth in Jerusalem (even though in the East they do not scrutinize so much in times of emergency of dispute, especially between the Hasidim to be cautious! It will be whoever it will be) for what, for example, will they be able to answer their sons when the deceptive light of the nationalists also sends them its lines when they will ask and point to this &quot;the man of God&quot;?  
And as was written by the organization of Rabbi Kook when he traveled to America, it was said in large letters in the name &quot;And it came to pass when the Ark was set forward.&quot;  
And if he says that the KKL is the Holy of Holies, the university will come forth from Zion, the Torah will emerge, the Maccabi raises the saying higher and higher in service and praises, saying, and may it be said, will things work on their hearts? For they will see and take for themselves the example of the heads of the rabbis?  
Therefore, only necessity brought them to condemn Rabbi Kook so that they could protect their sons from his path.  
Nuno Dr. Greenberg, I hereby accept responsibility for everything I have written, and I will also allow myself to write a response to the editorial note in the hope that my important letter was printed.  
There is no contradiction that it was the proof that on one hand he took from the love against the ICA and on the other hand he is working for the Zionist funds.</p>
      <p lang="iw">ב״ה צירין ט״ז תמוז התרצ״ג
Priceerheen
**
: אדוני היקר: הנעלה. והמרומם לימ״א !
יקרתו קבלתי ומהו הנני לחובתו בדנו דמומר מרותם של חברינו: הצעירים: בירושלם
וצר אור ותושב נהדר״ג לי מוצא לע והחוב זינני באם יכתוב&apos; להנהלת &quot;עץ חיים&quot;: נובו קווק
כי רעה&quot; מגנה מאד את ההתנפלווה על עליו,נכון &quot;ידי ביותר בפעה גם כהורג שלימא
משוכנע שאחר כל אלה יפסיקו את התמיכה מהיוי צעירי האגודה תצא מזה איפוא מזה רק
תישלח לו &quot;להרב קוק להראות באצבעו את האוניריטעט שלו פוגייהיי יוותר לעזוב את הצעיפים
לנפטר,ועה״פ יוכל למשוך את ידו ניזה בכלל וישיב תוכחת מוסרוול הצעירים בארץ ישראל או
יותר נכון לבלי הכר נהמוווויס בחור מנעת גובהורות הכללית של האנודה וידעו אז אלה
הצעירים כי או שקר נהלו ואך לשוא הוחילו אגודה ישראלי הדעי לכבד את רגשותה,ואז ידעו
למוג אחור ולפנות את מקומך להצעירים המתונים יבוא הרב צבי פסח והר&apos; סנקיוניץ ויפרו
הניד את האגודה הנכונה שתשא חן וחסד מכל תושבי ארץ ישראל .
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יאמין לי כהדר״ג שגם אנכי מתנגד הנני לרכב שטח של איש באישיותו הפרטיתי
הייתי מתנגד לכל צל של חרוף נגד קוק כי אם ללחום נגן שפתו (כלומר אם לשנעון וכל
לכנות בשם שמה) ועוד לפני כעשר שנים נהגתי לארץ ישראל שיזהרו מאד לבלי עשוית את קווק
ל״קדוש&quot; מעונה ומדוכא על דעותיו, אבל עלינו גם להרחיב את צערם של הצעירים בירושלם
(אף כי במזרח אין מדקדקים כל כך בשעת חירום של מחלוקת ובפרט בין החסידים להזהר!
נגנון של יהיה מי שיהיה) כי מה למשל יוכלו לענות לבניהם אשר אור המתעה של הלאומיים
שולח גם אליהם את קויו כאשר ישאלו ויראו באצבע על זה &quot;הגאין איש האלקים&quot; וכפי שכתב
ארגנו של הרב קוק אז כאשר נסע לאמריקא נאמר גדול באותיות גדולות בשם &quot;ויהי בנסוע
הארון&quot; ואם הוא אומר שהקק״ל היא קודש קדשים האוניברסיתה היא מציון תצא תורה,המכבי
מעלה את השנינה מעלה מעלה בשירות ותשבחות באמרם והמע״ה האם יפעלו דברים על לב
בינהם ? כי הן יראו ויקחו למו למופת את ראש הרבנים ? לכן רק ההכרח הביא אותם לגנות
את הרב קוק למען יוכלו להגן על בניהם מהלכו נפח.
נונו הד״ר גרינברג הנני מקבל עלי את האחריות בעד כל מה שכתבתי וגם ארשה לי
גם לכתוב תשובה על הערת המערכת בתקוה שחשובתי הודפס 67 אין ממצוון נחוכחות כי היה
ההוכחה שמצד האחד הוציא מהאה נגד האיק״א ומצד השני הנהו עובד בעד הקרנות הציונית</p>
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