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Recipient: Rabbi Altar Noach Hakohen, the great kabbalist. (Apparently, this is Rabbi Alter Noach Michlensky (Kaiser), who was known as a healer of the sick. He lived and had a following in chutz la’aretz but also had an interest in Eretz Yisrael. He sent some of his family to Eretz Yisrael, some of whom were involved in one of the biggest controversies in pre-state Israel.)
Body: [Ed. note - The letter is written beautifully with many hinted Torah messages to which I cannot do justice in translation in this forum.] Your letter, which was written by your trusted assistant, Rav Y.M. Cohen, as well as two sums of money, have been received.

Igrot Hare’aya (180)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
48 - Warning against Chillul Shabbat
49 - Encouraging Prognosis for the Development of Eretz Yisrael
50 - Teach his Teachings, Do Not Copy Asceticism
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It is worthwhile to buy vineyards that are already planted in the area surrounding the holy city (ed. note - perhaps Rav Kook means Yerushalayim, or perhaps Yafo, which he also refers to as a holy city, and was more developed agriculturally). We may be able to bring righteous people together and make a winery of strictly kosher wine from the Holy Land, which would enable planting new vineyards and buying important sections of land. Concerning other elements of settling the Holy Land, there are many opportunities before holy tzaddikim in our nation to do great things.
You are fortunate to have been chosen by Divine Providence, based on various things that have transpired, including the hardships that are meant for the righteous, to be an agent for important building and glorification of the Land. I hope that the merit of Eretz Yisrael will provide you with a holy crown, eternity, and grandeur for the head of a righteous man such as you. May you be elevated by the divine source of blessings and the fragrance of blessing, honor, and life. May you and all who are close to you and who you teach knowledge of Hashem, bask in light, happiness, and closeness to the true, eternal G-d.
We thank Hashem for all the good we have received. May the merit of Eretz Yisrael, the Torah, and service of the G-d of our forefathers, the great leaders of Israel, stand by us, so that we will merit enjoying Hashem’s goodness in the land of life and special spiritual light.
Our nation’s situation in the Holy Land is increasingly positive. We see clearly the coming of the time of divine good will. The once desolate land is being built. The holy city of Jerusalem is becoming more beautiful as Jewish communities are being built and Jews visit and inquire about its wellbeing. The "buds of the fruit" can be seen in the land (see Shir Hashirim 2:12). We need to awaken the power of the holy light, internally and externally, to bring more of Hashem’s beloved nation to His Desired Land. The nation’s sanctity lights up the hills like the rising sun, as the glow of the beautiful land shines on the people and hastens the nation’s time of consolation and mercy that was until recently missing. Instead of not being seen as His nation, they will be called the sons of the living G-d (see Hoshea 2:1). The time has come for all of Hashem’s servants to comfort Israel, bringing joy to the distressed by consoling Zion and starting the liberation, which is revealed when the Land is built.
May Hashem enable my illustrious friend to establish a lovely place in Zion, which will take its part among steps that glorify the holy mountains and make the Land eternally prominent, as the prophet foretold, "The watchman says, ‘Morning is coming’" (Yeshayahu 21:12).

The Need for a Broader Education – #274
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook Date and Place: 8 Adar I 5670, Yafo
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Excerpts of Letter on Shemitta – #289 – part I
Date and Place: 6 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5785

Questions about Torah Accounts of Creation – part I
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook #91
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Adar I 5 5782

Keeping Shemitta Partially – #272
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook; Date and Place: 2 Adar I 5670 (1910), Yafo
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tishrei 5785

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit

Raffle of Property in Eretz Yisrael for Tzedaka
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: – #220
18 Sivan 5784

Limits of Interest Rate for Loan with Heter Iska – part II
based on ruling 80033 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Sivan 15 5782

Payment for Not Clearing Warehouse On Time – part II
based on ruling 75076 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Av 20 5780

A Commercial Rental for a Closed Business – part II
based on ruling 80047 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Shvat 1 5782

Tu B'Shevat-Renewal
Rabbi Dov Lior | 5770

Semicha and Sanhedrin Controversies of the 16th and 21st Centuries
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 27 5780
The Minchah Prayer
Chapter Twenty Four-Part One
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

Time to Measure Up
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Shvat 19 5780
