A letter signed by rabbis of HaEda HaCharedit Beit Din, Rabbi Pinchas Epstein - Av Beit Din, Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Halevi Reisman and Rabbi David Jungreis. Jerusalem, Tevet, 1962.
Sent to the Gaon Rabbi Binyamin Mendelson, Rabbi of the Charedi Moshav Komemiyut: "We heard (and saw in national newpapers) that recruitment Nachal in Moshav Amiaz, which startled Yahadut HaTorah, - moved to Moshav Komemiyut". Further in the letter they wonder that despite the fact that Rebbe of Vizhnitz cancelled and closed the Nachal Moshav in Moshav Amiaz, the matter rises again in a Charedi Moshav, a fact staining the name of Charedi Jewery "which Moshav Komemiyut always supports".
They explain their objection, "since except for the matter of recruitment, this is a dangerous step which endangers the Yeshivot, and is an opening for those who wish to find excuses to leave the Yeshivot".
The Nachal Charedi, for Charedi working youngsters, was established in the 1960s, by the "Army and Settlement" department of "Tze'irei Agudat Israel" movement. In 1962 the Nachal recruits settled in Moshav Komemiyut in Lachish region, and were employed in agricultural duties and in the diamond industry. The establishment of Nachal was accompanied by wide public objection on the part of Charedi circles, fearing that this will lead to a spiritual deterioration of the soldiers themselves, and this will lead to the destruction of Yeshivot by the authorities. This dispute returned in the last few years, with the founding of "Gedud Netzach Yehudah", "Shacha"r Kachol" and "Nachal Charedi" when the "Eda Charedit" circles and other groups organized demonstrations against these trends.
Official stationery, 27.5 cm. Fair condition, creases and wear.