"Compromise Agreement" Proclamation - Kollel America Polemic - New York, Cheshvan 1896

"Compromise Agreement" Proclamation - Kollel America Polemic - New York, Cheshvan 1896
Printed leaf, the agreement reached at the meeting of Kollel America representatives and representatives of Va'ad HaKlali and gaba'im of Eretz Israel in America. New York, October 1896.
Agreement and regulations reached "When we all convened together, the gaba'im who support Eretz Israel here in New York and the other large cities in America, with a committee which was chosen by Kollel America in the Holy City and their emissary R' Yosef HaCohen" . The decision reached in the agreement was to cancel the establishment of Kollel America and to give special conditions to the American representatives, by the "Va'ad of all the kollelim of the Holy City". 41 rabbis and gaba'im signed the agreement in print: Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef, the Rabbi of the Kollel; Rabbi Duber Zilberman; Rabbi Katriel Sarason; Rabbi Dov Ber Abramowitz a New York rabbi; Rabbi Yechezkel Shlang; Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Wein the Rabbi of Wiżajny; Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Elyach emissary of the Va'ad HaKlali and Rabbi Yosef HaCohen emissary of America.
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 (see Item 454), with the recognition of the rights of Kollel America to collect their own funds, under certain conditions.
This document is an unsuccessful attempt at the beginning of the polemic to cancel the establishment of the kollel which was founded a few months earlier. This topic was the focus of a severe public polemic which lasted five years, from 1896 until the agreement (Item 454) was reached in 1901.
Printed leaf, 30.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear damages (restored) without damage to text and stains.
Not recorded in the Bibliography Institute, nor by Singerman and Goldman.