An invitation to the founding meeting of the Chief Rabbinate. Proclamation regarding women participating in ...

An invitation to the founding meeting of the Chief Rabbinate. Proclamation regarding women participating in elections [3], Jerusalem, 1919-1920.
* An invitation to the founding meeting of the Chief Rabbinate of the Land of Israel, signed by the Chairman P. Krunpler. The conference took place with the participation of the British High Commissioner Herbert Samuel on February 22-24, 1921, and there the Chief Rabbinate was founded and the first two Chief Rabbis, Rabbi Kook on behalf of the Ashkenazim and Rabbi Yaakov Meir on behalf of the Sephardim, were elected.
15.5x22.5 cm, official paper, slight folding signs, fine condition.
* Poster ‘The Decision of the Meeting of Rabbis of the Land of Israel’ and letter [2], 1919. On the topic of women participating in elections, signed by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook and a list of important rabbis. Issue arose around the first elections to the Asefat Chaverim of Knesset Yisrael, the most important national institution in the Mandate Period, which generated a wide rabbinic controversy regarding the participation of women in elections. Rabbi Kook stood at the head of a rabbinic meeting that decided to prohibit their participation, in opposition to Rabbi Uziel's opinion. In a public letter that was published soon after the poster, Rabbi Kook gives various explanations for his opinion.
The poster is 40x54 cm, one folding tear and small tears in the margins, fine condition.
The letter is 15x21 cm, [4] pages, the second side is printed upside down, fine condition.