Rabbinical Ruling signed by Rabbi Aharon Kotler, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, Rabbi Pinchas Mordechai Teitz, and Rabbi David Lifschitz. New York: Tevet 7, 5722 (Dec. 1, 1961)

2  paper leaves, accompanied by photographic portraits of all four signatories. Matted and framed (24 x 23 in.; 610 x 585 mm).

This letter comprises a halakhic ruling by the leading luminaries of mid-20th century Orthodox Judaism. The case being ruled upon revolves around a dispute between a mashgiah (a person with expertise in the laws of ritual slaughter and whose supervision is required to certify that all meat slaughtered in a particular establishment meets the requirements of Jewish Law) named Haim Krasnow, in Lawrence, Massachussetts, and  householders in the community seeking to displace him. The ruling, signed by Rabbi Aharon Kotler, Moshe Feinstein, David Lifschitz and Rabbi Pinchas Mordechai Teitz finds that the unilateral action of the householders who convened a meeting headed by local rabbis that resulted in a public denunciation of  Krasnow and a prohibition on the sale or consumption of meat he had deemed kosher, was not in accordance with halakha. The Agudat Rabbonim here acted analogously to a court of appeals, and directed the parties to re-adjudicate their dispute before a legallly constituted rabbinical court.

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986) was a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi, scholar and posek (an authoritative adjudicator of questions related to Jewish law), who was world-renowned for his expertise in Halakha and was regarded by many as the de facto supreme halakhic authority for Orthodox Jewry of North America during his lifetime. In the Orthodox world he is widely referred to simply as "Reb Moshe", and his halakhic rulings are widely quoted in contemporary rabbinic literature.

Rabbi Aharon Kotler (1891–1962) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the United States, where he built Beth Medrash Gavoha in Lakewood Township, New Jersey.

Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993) was a distinguished Rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for almost fifty years.

Rabbi Pinchas Mordechai Teitz (1908– 1995) was the leader of the Orthodox community in Elizabeth for 60 years. He was revered for his developing of a small congregational community into a safe harbor for survivors from the Holocaust and a thriving network of synagogues and schools.