"Peace Letter" - Kollel America Polemic - New York, Yiar 1897

"Peace Letter" - Kollel America Polemic - New York, Yiar 1897
Letter of support for the "Vaad Haklali" and in the way of Yosef HaCohen, and the cancellation of the continuation of the activities of "Kollel America"
Printed page. two sides.

Partial translation (syntax errors possible)
Please do not hesitate to include our signatures. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.And we say in the face of all this that we support the "interpretation" made to us by R. Yosef Cohen, with all the details and conditions signed in New York.From now on, we will eliminate anyone who works for the benefit of "Kollel America".From now on we will all stand by the "Vaad Haklali"

And if there are still people who do it against the will of the rabbis and our will, and they say they do it for the benefit of America, let the whole world know, that they do it only themselves to get rich, and that they are harming many thousands of the poor. Let there be people in the Land of Israel, and even more so their poor American brothers ...

Against the deceivers - no one will say that the scripture is false, brothers! We claim this in the end, we will continue from today without our part from the compromise agreement from New York, from the House of Grace and Mercy "Vaad Haklali", this house will stand until it stands, and there will be no poverty among the land ...

Kollel America was established in 1896, to support the poor immigrants from America who came to settle in Eretz Israel and did not receive "Chaluka" from the veteran kollels. The establishment of this kollel kindled many disputes in Jerusalem from the veteran heads of the kollelim, who were concerned lest this rescind the Va'ad HaKlali, whose income was primarily dependent on American donations. That year, Rabbi Shmuel Salant published an open letter, sent all over the Diaspora, in which he announced, "That the obliteration of the Va'ad HaKlali is the obliteration of the entire Yishuv". He was joined by various heads of kollelim who also opposed the new kollel. This agreement was written in support of Rabbi Shmuel Salant's approach. On the other hand, the Brisker Gaon the Maharil Diskin, supported the establishment of the kollel. At the end of 1897, the Maharil Diskin published his letter in which he wrote, “Kollel America was established with my consent”. Only in 1901, was an agreement reached initiated by the Ridvaz with the recognition of the rights of Kollel America to collect their own funds, under certain conditions.