Interesting petition signed by rabbis who took resolutions upon themselves after ‘the shocking events that occurred among young families,’ Included in the resolutions: ‘Not to buy and not to bring into our homes and not to read secular newspapers, mainly Yediot Acharonot and Maariv, which blemish every soul … to prevent destruction entering the boundaries of Jewish homes.’ Tammuz, 1972.
The document was written and signed following a gathering held to consult as to how to prevent shocking occurrences which hit the chareidi community at the time, and it was decided that abstention from the secular press which threatened to penetrate the chareidi public will stand to prevent the decrees.
Among the signatures, the handwritten signatures of the following rabbis appear: Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Schwadron, Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Zeleznik, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Mendelsohn, Rabbi Chaim Walkin, Rabbi Nachum Rothstein, Rabbi Simcha Bunim Waldenberg, Rabbi Shmuel Tefilansky and additional rabbis.
[1] leaf paper 32×20 cm. Stencil print with handwritten corrections and rabbinic signatures.
Fold marks. Fine condition.