Renewal of the Ban on Studying in Schools in Jerusalem – Signed by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and the First ...

Renewal of the Ban on Studying in Schools in Jerusalem – Signed by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and the First Members of the Eda HaCharedit – Jerusalem, 1931 / Two Additional Documents
Three historic documents pertaining to the renewal and upholding of the prohibition and ban enacted by the Jerusalem rabbis on sending children to study in schools in Jerusalem, and the battle against the Shpitzer girls' school (which was established as a "Charedi" school, yet was banned by the rabbis of the Eda HaCharedit). Jerusalem, 1929-1931-1941.
• Letter signed by the dayanim of the Beit Din "for all Ashkenazi communities": R. Yitzchak Frankel, R. Simcha Bunem Werner and R. Pinchas Epstein (the first panel of Eda HaCharedit dayanim), warning that the prohibition and ban on the schools has not been lifted, and it includes "all the schools of the Zionists and of the Mizrachi, and the aforementioned Orthodox school for girls (presumably referring to the Spitzer school), and their status is like that of all the secular schools, without any permission whatsoever". At the foot of the letter, confirmation (approx. 4 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, rabbi of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Adar 1931.
• Letter signed by six members of the "Committee of Supervisors for the Shomrei HaChomot Kollel": "With the approval of the rabbi (R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld) – it has been decided to impose a fine on whoever sends their children to schools, including Shpitzer's or Miss Landau's". One of the signatories is R. "Amram son of R. Sh.Y. Blau" (later head of Neturei Karta). Jerusalem, Sivan 1929.
• Letter addressed to Rebbe Elimelech Paneth of Deyzh, with a request to fire a clerk working in the Kollel Siebenbürgen office, whose daughters attend the forbidden Shpitzer school, and dress immodestly in the summer. The second leaf, with the signature and name of the writer of the letter, is lacking. Jerusalem, 1941.
3 letters. Size and condition vary. Creases, wear and tears.