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Sign: Merhavia - Heritage Sites in Israel - The Visit of the Great Rabbis in Merhavia


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Mish’ol ha-Dekel 1, Merhavia, Israel
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On the sign:
סמל המועצה לשימור אתרי מורשת בישראל
סמל מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל
סמל משרד התרבות והספורט
סמל קיבוץ מרחביה

ביקור הרבנים הגדולים
THE VISIT OF THE GREAT RABBIS IN MERHAVIA


בחורף תרע"ד, 1913, הגיעו למקום הזה שמונה מחשובי הרבנים בארץ-ישראל. הם הגיעו בהנהגתו של הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק, הרב של יפו ומושבות הגליל, ובהנהגת רב העדה החרדית בירושלים, הרב יוסף חיים זוננפלד.
מטרת הביקור הייתה לקרב למסורת היהודית את ראשוני המתיישבים, שלא שמרו על מצוות התורה. במקום נתגלעה גם מחלוקת בין הרב קוק לבין הרב זוננפלד.
שני הרבנים היו אורתודוכסים, אך הרב קוק היה פשרני ביחס לחלוצים שקיימו את מצוות יישוב ארץ ישראל, ואהד את פועלם ההתיישבותי, ולעומתו הרב זוננפלד התנגד לציונות.

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הרב יוסף חיים זוננפלד
הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק (הרוא"ה)
הרבנים בחברת החלוצים 1913
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The sign is rectangular but its head is designed according to the silhouette of the old building of the Gymnasia Herzliya, which serves as a logo of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel

The place where the sign is located was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

The pictures on the sign appear here at magnification Click for a larger image

The place that was the "Food House" is commemorated on a separate plaque that mentions the visit of the rabbis Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
Symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Israeli Heritage Sites
Symbol of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council
The symbol of the Ministry of Culture and Sports
Kibbutz Merhavia symbol

THE VISIT OF THE GREAT RABBIS IN MERHAVIA

In the winter of 1913, eight of the most important rabbis in the Land of Israel came to this place. They came under the leadership of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook, the rabbi of Jaffa and the Galilee colonies, and under the leadership of the rabbi of the ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.
The purpose of the visit was to bring the first settlers, who did not keep the Torah mitzvot, closer to the Jewish tradition. There was also a dispute between Rabbi Kook and Rabbi Sonnenfeld.
Both rabbis were Orthodox, but Rabbi Kook was conciliatory towards the pioneers who fulfilled the mitzvot of settling the Land of Israel, and sympathized with their settlement work, while Rabbi Sonnenfeld opposed Zionism.

[Images] (right to left and top to bottom)
Rabbi Yosef Haim Sonnenfeld
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook (Hara’ayah)
The rabbis in the 1913 pioneer company




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