Bidspirit auction | “HaHaluka” – Meir Menachem Rothschild


“HaHaluka” – Meir Menachem Rothschild | Jerusalem: Mosad Harav Kook, 1969 - A pioneering historical study on the attitudes of the Jewish Diaspora toward the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel between 1810 and 1860, focusing on the institution of the Haluka—the traditional charity system that supported the Holy Land’s inhabitants. Authored by Meir Menachem Rothschild z”l, who was killed in military service in 1968 near Allenby Bridge. Includes an extensive introduction, rare facsimiles of historical letters and documents, and scholarly analysis of rabbinic and communal responses in the diaspora.