To our great sorrow we are enjoined to fulfill our duty under Torah law and publicly proclaim our anguish, that there now is a man by the name of Aaron Thomas, on whom we have served three summonses, and to whom we have also telecommunicated, to appear before the Rabbinic Court regarding the complaint against Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shabat (they should be blessed with longevity); and he has defiantly refused to appear before the Rabbinic Court; and not only this but he has additionally sinned in laying claim to them in the gentile civil court, Heaven forfend, and even after being warned, he remains defiant and maintains his suit in civil court.

Therefore, it is our duty to uphold our holy law and proclaim in the most public fashion that AARON THOMAS IS A DEFIANT SCOFFLAW; both for his defiant refusal to appear before the Rabbinic Court, and for his resorting to the gentile civil court proscription for which is found in Choshen Mishpat, Sections 11 and 26, and in Yoreh Deah, Section 334.

And the severity for which is explicit in Choshen Mishpat, Section 26, that whoever resorts to the gentile civil courts is a blasphemous infidel who strikes out against Mosaic Law, and he deserves to be shunned and excommunicated.

And therefore we proclaim it befitting that all good Jews banish this man from their homes, and likewise do not let him participate as part of the worship quorum, or any religious activity until he fully repents.

And we have also informed Mr. Aaron Thomas that he must reimburse the Shabat family (they should be blessed with longevity) for all monies they have paid to their attorneys as a result of his civil court claim against them, as elucidated in the codes.

Written and Signed for the sake of upholding the Torah; Tuesday, 2nd of Cheshvan, 5762; Chicago.

Shmuel Fuerst, Justice of Aggudath Israel of Chicago

Yosef Wainkrantz, Secretary of Chicago Rabbinical Center

Chaim Goldzweig, Congregation Tiferes Moshe