In the matter of the Chumash “Pshuto Shekl Mikra”
We have come to reveal our opinion about the “Perush – Pshuto Shel Mikra” – “The Simple Interpretation of the Mikra”, which is an obstacle for the public, as it ignores the words of the Sages, and is a serious change in the form of studying the Mikra handed down to us by our Sages. And their intention is clear with the aim of replacing Rashi’s interpretation – which has always been the foundation of education and Judaism , and especially for the young people of the flock, and that all the foundations of faith and study of Torah Shebiksav and Torah Shebaal Peh are built on it – in this interpretation, R”L.
The aforementioned book also has strange and fake interpretations in the name of the Meforshim, and there is a spirit of Haskala in it. And it is not correctable at all.
And the great Torah scholars in the Land of Israel have already published their opposition in writing and by letter.
Therefore, it is simple and clear that this book must not be “Bo B’Kahal” and must be removed from homes and Shul’s and Beis Medrash’s and it is forbidden to trade in it.
Signed by
Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler
Rabbi Dovid Schustal
Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin
Rabbi Yaakov Forchheimer
Rabbi Osher Lieberman
Rabbi Elya Ber Wachtfogel
Rabbi Yisroel Neuman
Rabbi Aharon Zuckerman
Rabbi Aharon Feldman
Rabbi Herschel Zolty
Rabbi Osher Eliyahu Kalmanowitz
Rabbi Shlomo Feivel Schustal
Rabbi Yerucham Olshin