[Avodah] BMG Poskim and Roshei Yeshiva Release Letter

[jew at when.com]

"Does anyone really need to be told that this is permitted?  Why would 
one think otherwise?

Yitzchok Levine"

 
"At the same time, the roshei yeshiva and poskim of North America’s Largest yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, have signed a letter stating that it is permitted according to halacha to participate in the census and there is no concern regarding the prohibition against counting the Jewish people. (See Shemos 30:12 where the source of the issur is recorded: “When you take the count of the Bnei Yisroel to determine their numbers, each man shall give an atonement pledge for his soul to G-d, when you count them. Thus there will be no plague among them when you count them.”)" 

- the source you provided. 

In the census letter is also states that by law we are obligated to complete the census. 


-Josh S. 


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