Letter from Rabbi Elchanan Halpern of London – Adar II 1989 – Confidential Letter Regarding Rabbi Shach and His ...

Letter from Rabbi Elchanan Halpern of London – Adar II 1989 – Confidential Letter Regarding Rabbi Shach and His Battle Against Chabad

Letter handwritten and signed by R. Elchanan Halpern, prominent London rabbi. [London?], Adar II 1989.
Addressed to R. Yehuda Meir Abramowicz, general secretary of Agudat Yisrael. It appears from the letter that the latter had asked R. Halpern, who was accepted in all circles, to attempt to restore peace between the various factions of Agudat Yisrael (in Tishrei that year, R. Shach split from Agudat Yisrael and founded the Degel HaTorah party, as part of his battle against Chabad).
R. Elchanan Halpern refers to the dispute aroused by R. Schach's opposition to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and writes that he sees no hope for reconciling the parties, one of the reasons being that it would be difficult to sway R. Shach. He also writes that it is inconceivable that a Chassidic rabbi should support a ban on the Chabad movement.
R. Elchanan Halpern (1921-2015), prominent London rabbi, rabbi of the Golders Green neighborhood for over seventy years. President of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 24.5 cm. Good condition.

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