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

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Exchange with R. Adams about Synchronizing Shabbat Times with Manhattan Synagogues (1960)

Dear Rabbi Adams: 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 Harabonim, 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

Exchange with R. Herbert Goldstein about Synchronizing Shabbat Times with Manhattan Synagogues and R. Soloveitchik's Position on the Termination of Shabbat (1960)

Dear Rabbi Goldstein: 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 Harabonim, 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

Exchange with R. Jakobovits about Synchronizing Shabbat Times with Manhattan Synagogues (1960)

Dear Rabbi Jakobovits: 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 Harabonim, 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