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June 4, 1961

Letter to OU Lay Leader Dudley Feit about Suggestions for His Trip to India (1961)

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My dear Abraham: It was indeed a pleasure to receive your letter in Israel. I want to assure you that my friendship for you will extend over the oceans for many many years to come, please G-d. There is yet very much to do in order to complete my mission to India. The following represents only the very beginning of our work here subsequent to my trip. (1) I have sent the copies of the Gittin to Haham Gaon in London. He will write to you directly. I most strongly recommend that his guidance be completely accepted. He is a wonderful individual who has very warm feelings especially for the Bene Israel. Frankly, I was not too happy with the copies of the Gittin you sent me. However, we shall leave that to Dr. Gaon and his Beth Din.(2) It will take a short while yet until we can begin to fill all the requirements for various books. I have just been informed of the unfortunate news of the passing of Dr. Weiss' mother, of blessed memory. It will, therefore, take some time until he is able to supervise the entire matter.(3) Similarly, while I would advise continuing the work for the formation of a lay Beth Din, or Religious Committee, this should be done behind the acenes and quietly until such time as we can advise you of the proper procedure to follow. I suspect you shall be hearing directly from Dr. Weiss about this.(4) The Tefillin. I suggest you immediately cancel all further orders of Tefillin from Cochin. I have arranged for the UOJCI to receive Tefillin of far better quality from Israel. The Jewish Agency will be prepared to make up the remainder of the cost, over and above the Union's payment. However, before this is done, you must make sure that customs in India will allow the Israeli product to come through. For this, as well as for all other matters concerning Israel, you should be in direct contact with Rabbi Zev Gotthold, Ministry of Religions, Jerusalem. He will coordinate all our work in Israel for us.(5) If you recall, the day I left India a young couple ca…
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