Lot 70
Document – "3 Months in Prison for Refusal to Cook on Shabbat" – Alexandroni Division – 1948
Document typewritten on thin paper, [1948].
The document outlines a trial held in a military court of Alexandroni Division, on September 6, 1948. Two religious cooks were charged for refusing to cook on Shabbat. Chief Military Rabbi S. Gorenchik (Shlomo Goren) and head of the Military Religious Service Nathan Gerdi testified in this trial. The court sentenced the cooks to three months in prison claiming that this punishment was mild only due to attenuating circumstances.
11 cm, good-fair condition, filing holes, cut. Attached are photo copies of numerous documents concerning keeping Kosher in IDF and Alexandroni Division.
