SHOCK: Satmar Appears To Have Misled Public With Forged Letter of HaRav Kanievsky Shlita(Monday, June 10th, 2013)
Yesterday, YWN reported that HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky shlita came out against the anti-draft rally organized by Satmar, saying that it would not be beneficial.
According to a letter containing the rabbi’s views written by his sons, the “main thing is to increase Torah learning, the fear of heaven and prayer” as methods of opposing conscription.
Hours later, the Satmarer organizers of the event released a handwritten letter by HaRav Kanievsky shlita in which he calls to listen to the Torah sages and participate in the protest against the IDF-Draft decree.
However, according to the Yiddish blog ‘Kave Shtiebel’ the second letter, apparently written by HaRav Kanievsky, was none other than a photo-shopped document that misleadingly looked authentic by lifting words from a previous handwritten letter, last year.
YWN reached out to Mishpachas Kanievsky, who confirmed that someone forged the Gadol Hador’s handwriting and penned this letter which was then spread on social media, and submitted to YWN for publication.
The forged letter speaks values of the organizers act to delude the purpose of the mass protest, especially the desecration of the name of a Godel HaDor, in attempt to deceive the general, non-affiliated and Yeshiva, public to attend the protest.
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