The Knesset on Monday 1 Adar passed a bill into law that makes it mandatory to include sender information on all registered mail. The bill was initiated by MKs Moshe Gafne, Uri Maklev and Nachman Shai. Now, registered letters must show the details of the sender, which would in many cases assist the recipient in determining the importance or nature of the letter.
Maklev feels this is another step towards eliminating unnecessary harassment of people with registered letters from unknown senders. However, after the law was passed and one will know the sender, one has the ability to decide if s/he should accept the registered letter.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Good idea but how can they prove its legitimacy?
And who is the sender, Moshe Cohen or Debt Collectors Limited who he works for? Many contracts stipulate that so many days after a registered letter is sent, it is deemed to have been delivered. Encouraging people to ignore reality isn’t usually a great idea, although a popular Haredi pastime.
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They don’t have to. The letter can be listed as having originated with Chayim Yankel, which may be correct as a legal matter, but won’t tell you the contents of the letter relate to your failure to pay your rent on time, you are being evicted and your belongings will be put out on the street while you were out at the mikvah toiveling.