Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Elazar Menachem Mann Schach", to Rabbi Binyamin Mendelson Av Beit Din of Komemiyut. Bnei Brak, Iyar 1962.
Letter in regard to the soldiers of the Nachal Charedi in Moshav Komemiyut. Rabbi Schach expresses his opinion on the subject in his interesting way, significantly evasive: "Regarding transferring the Nachal to Chazon Yechezkel, I did not give a heter (deeming it permissible) and I did not say anything about this. Just Rabbi Lorincz told me that in this manner… all would be corrected. I told him that I do not know, but if this is the best suggestion, let it be so, but I do not know. Therefore, you cannot rely on me at all in this matter. In my opinion, if you do not want to make this decision, you can suggest that two rabbis come and see the situation from close…I phoned Rabbi Lorincz and told him so and he told me that you have given a definite heter. In any case, I do not know of this and I did not say anything…".
The Nachal Charedi was established in the 1960s by the "Army and Settlement" department of the Tze'irei Agudat Yisrael – movement for Charedi working young men. These men resided in the Charedi Moshav Komemiyut in Chevel Lachish and were employed with agricultural work and in the diamond industry. Near Moshav Komemiyut, a Charedi youth-village was established called Chazon Yechezkel. This letter is a response to the proposal of moving the Nachal HaCharedi young men from Komemiyut to Chazon Yechezkel or someplace else following spiritual problems that arose in the moshav and in the youth-village.
Leaf, approximately 19 cm. Approximately 14 handwritten lines. Good-fair condition, stains and damages to the line with the date, restored.