Letter to Bronx High School of Science about Shabbat Academic Accommodations for Student (1968)

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Letter to R. Gerstein about Synchronizing Shabbat Times with Manhattan Synagogues (1960)

Dear Rabbi Gerstein: It has been brought to my attention that very often the time that we give in our respective Bulletins for the end of the Sabbath varies from one synagogue to another. We can appreciate, of course, that laymen sometimes wonder which is really correct, and naturally, prefer the earlier time. May I suggest, therefore, that all of us in the midtown area follow one system. That could be either the schedule published by the Vaad Harabbonim, or that proposed by Mr. Edgar Frank.Please let me know your thoughts about the matter so that we can have this accomplished even in time for the rest of the season.Sincerely yours,Rabbi Norman Lamm

Shabbat Practical Halacha

Letter to Sol Bernstein about Shabbat Bill to Counter Blue Laws (1962)

Dear Sol: I understand that the question in Albany concerning the Blue Laws has been postponed. May I suggest that you notify me and all other members in New York sufficiently before the bill is again considered in the Senate and the Assembly so that we may conduct a letter-writing campaign in our individual synagogues. Sincerely, Rabbi Norman Lamm.

Shabbat The Rabbinate

Letter to NYC Mayor and Public School Superintendent about Public School Schedule (1965)

Dear Sir: As a Rabbi of an Orthodox synagogue in New York City, I am extremely concerned by the threat to Sabbath observance and Jewish education which is posed by the new structure of double or triple sessions for high schools. Whereas I am completely in sympathy with the desire for the integration of our school system, I certainly would not want this to take place at the expense of the religious integrity and cultural continuity of those who adhere to the Jewish faith.I strongly urge, as an alternative, that students and teachers be given a choice of selecting the early sessions in the new system, so as to insure that no minority will be disadvantaged at the expense of another.Sincerely yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMMNL: rfThis letter was sent to the following people:Dr. Bernard DonovanActing Superintendent of Schools110 Livingston StreetBrooklyn, New YorkHon. James DonovanPresidentBoard of Education110 Livingston St., B'klyn, N.Y.

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