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"Ii1Vl'.l;i ?111 1m:ir ':iv j?iX' N1l n"1'V ?111 mx•;::i;i "I1111r.i ov 1"117'.lnn ?Ki1V' n-mx n•:i1;;? nm:ir.i m';i':i ;i::l'1:.' ?mn? i11v':> im'::i ;;?1?v;i m':nniu;i;iv 1inv1 .;il:>x 1r.i:i O'l'lV:! .mp1i•n;i? 1V1'l\1V O'T.l1;11':i 11j?l'.l;'1 x1;i ]'XV ?::i1pl'.l1 O:J01T.l 111:! .i"~ ,ji1X' Kil ,{own i"l': 1Z11n? i":i /"::m? ::i"1:1 ;1V'T.ln 01•:i omn;i ?v ux:i i"J.'1 -(jiff?».. o~ fi]j (r!i~U!;;u 2~1;i i~trc-b ryrnnNB {ll (J"'4J' c:i i .. (Free Translation) In the Nissan 5766 issue of The Jewish Observer, Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel described at length the actions taken by Agudath Israel on the issue of metzitza b'peh. In response to certain questions that have been directed to us regarding this matter, we wish to make it clear that the actions and positions described in that article were executed after long and careful deliberation with the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, and reflect our view as to how this matter should have been handled. We believed then, as we do now, that shtadlonus on this issue should be done quietly and behind the scenes, without taking public actions that would generate additional attention in the newspapers and general media that could be counterproductive to Statement the cause of protecting metzitza b'peh. Agudath Israel has faithfully adhered to this of Moetzes approach, in accordance with our direction and the traditional Jewish way. We are sympathetic to the pain of the individual mohel at the center of the recent Gedolei controversy, and we instructed Agudath Israel to help him in his individual case. However, we did not believe it would be productive or appropriate for Agudath Israel HaTorah of to contest the New York City Health Department's right to be involved in such matters altogether. In our opinion, the shtadlonus approach most likely to help the mohel Agudath should be directed toward factually establishing, in an agreed and accepted way, that he was not the source of any infections that occurred to the infants. Israel of Signed this Thursday, the 42nd day of the Omer, 27 lyar 5766, New York. America Rabbi Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky Rabbi Yaakov Perlow Rabbi Ahron Feldman Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Levin Rabbi Aaron Schechter Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America -·-··· ---.~ -.. ~ -.- .:_ -.. _·· .·· ...- .- ..•.-· .. -l IN THIS ISSUE THE JEWISH OBSERVER (ISSN) 0021-6615 IS l'UBl.ISHEO MONTHLY. EXlTl~T JIJLY & Al!GUST ANO A COMBINE!) ISSUE FOR 4 NOTED IN SORROW JANllAllY/fEBl{UARY, BY THE AG\IDATH ISRAF.L 01' AMERICA, 42 BROADWAY. NF.W YoRK, NY !0004. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID IN Nr:;w YORK, NY. SUBSCRIPTION S\!5.00/YEAR; EVOLUTION VERSUS INTELLIGENT DESIGN \!YEARS, S46.oo; 3 YEARS, S69.00. 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AUSTRAUA NO. lJ THE INT!": RN ET. --~---A-Y--~·-- -o o 6 -·-·------"--·----------.. -- ---- =l },•,' Noted in sorroi • Since our previous issue, Kial children, as well as his older brother, and chessed institutions were success­ Yisroef has suffered three irreplace­ the Sigheter Rav, did not survive. The fully established with his blessing and able losses in the leadership of our Rebbewas liberated from Theresienstadt under his guidance, and the Rebbe's people. We note with sorrow the in May, 1945. remarkable leadership abilities became petira of each of these extraordinary Rav Moshe married his present apparent. Despite his many communal men, in order of their passing. Rebbetzin, daughter of Rabbi Aharon responsibilities, he wrote the five-vol­ Teitlebaum of Wolowo, afrer the war. ume Beirach Moshe al Ha Torah, as well He first returned to Sighet, where he as a sefer called Maram (Moreinu Rav RABBI MOSHE TEITELBAUM 7"Yt took up the rabbinical position previ­ Moshe) Tav (TeitelBaum) on Torah and ously held by his brother, but under the mo'adim, and Haggada Beirach Moshe. On Monday, April 24/26 Nissan, If the Satmar schools in New York there was palpable grief throughout the were part of the public school net­ Chareidi world at the sad news of the work, they would be the fourth-largest petira of Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum ?"Yt, system in the state, after those of New the Satmar Rebbe, at age 91. Leader of York City, Buffalo and Rochester. In the world's largest Chassidic group, with addition to the main Satmar kehillos well over 100,000 followers, the Rebbe in Williamsburg and Kiryas Yoe!, the was born at the beginning of World Rebbe had large numbers of Chassidim War I. He was the second son of Rabbi in Yerushalayim, Bnei Brak, Boro Park, Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum ?"Yt, the Atzei Monsey, Lakewood, Montreal, London, Chaim of Sigh et (then Romania, now Manchester, Antwerp and other Hungary), and his Rebbetzin, a daughter Orthodox communities, who mourn of Rabbi Shulem Eliezer Halberstam ?'':>n the passing of their loyal manhig who of Ratzfert, a son of the Divrei Chayim served as a link to the great Rebbes of the of Sanz 7"Yt.
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