snp? Tae aaAU Cwatt Over 100 Rabonim Urge Communities Report Child Abuse to Civil Authorities We, the undersigned, affirm that any individual with firsthand knowledge or reasonable basis to suspect child abuse has a religious obligation to promptly notify the secular law enforcement of that information. These individuals have the experience, expertise and training to thoroughly and responsibly investigate the matter. Furthermore, those deemed “mandated reporters” under secular law must obey their State’s reporting requirements. Lives can be ruined or ended by unreported child abuse, as we are too often tragically reminded. The Torah’s statement in Leviticus 19:16, “Do not stand by while your neighbor's blood is shed," obligates every member of the community to do all in one’s power to prevent harm to others. In conclusion, every individual with firsthand knowledge or reasonable cause for suspicion of child abuse has a Torah obligation to promptly notify the proper civil authorities. Z Os Kage Us » Mamalth eh Ey pe hs Keg au itv Sa Poet chntervicitereg— Cofcyeuaihe to Popes Apes Yinol Dajan Porta Rosh Yeshiva rogtuvesiva ales ves vio (Chicago, IL ‘Yeshiva Gedola of Memphis Yeshiva Toras Chaim TanGerrS ee Nemis 18 fone ah of ar Rolayay oe Derech Ajson Rabbinical Seminary Lhe blovtia ¥ pol Lb Far Rockaway. NY wns 7 hh ens ‘HaRav Kalman Epstein! — Mora D’Asra soot hee Rosh HaYeshiva aay Elchonon Tauber ‘Young Isracl Queens Valley youl Sham Tors Dayan and Mora D'Asra aRav Noach Isae Oelbaum Co-Chairman caer Bais Yehuda ‘Mora D'Asra Nachlas Vitzchok Bais Din Agudath Yisoe! [Los Angeles, CA Kew Gardens Hill, NY ee WW Ak GEL ch . laRav Dov Aharon Brisman a HaRav Uri Orlian Tana Yoo Scoot "aay Doy Aton Taka Pte nat HaRay UR Oran y ah Bis i Nora Dr Te 2 a Mr D'Asa Young i oo tovrece NY of Kew Garden Hills Mora D’Asta ss ‘Cedarhurst. NY Fang Young re of Elkins Park Girae 9 Elkins Park, PA Me ye }Yer— / iaRay Tax Slum (Bakav Gershon Tannenbaum aw awe owe Rosh HaVeshiva Dies, Rabel Alliance of" Tyta Yano Lemer Yeshiva Shares Ton Amerie (eid Horabbnim) Mora DAs Tops, A Mara D'Asra Bina srel of Linden Young Israel of Great Neck — Heights, Boo Pat, NY ‘ ara Da ese ; F , aRav Dail Mechanic Haka Dovid Goldwaser Inve apded Khare Dison Projet Chan Mes pra Bice Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Hewlett, NY aRav Yzchock Wasserman 7 Rosh HaYeshiva Yes ‘Yeshivas Tora Chaim Mora D’Asra You 5 as “alma Seminary Brooklyn, NY ds Tae ect! Kaatnan aco Chief Rabi, Amsterdam, Holland Mora D'AsraAnahei Sfard)\ Bec Py ; iY Te. Qs > he Ming _Eepino £ A h- 3 tits fae Sen els HHaRav Haim Benoie! : oe Va Pics Grea Rosh Hives Nott Aare Ba Yee Syagogue Tan ET Kad Mora D’Asra Kester Torah Yeshiva Gedola Rosh HaYeshiva Mikdash Melech Mora D’Asta Ohl Shalom Los Angeles, CA ‘of Greater Washington Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY ThaRav Mordechai fen Mora D'Asr Young fac of ttn tland Mora D’ Asta Sheath Yisroel Rosh HaY shiva, aR Madi ‘Suen Island, NY Balimore, MD Yeshiva Bais YouetNovardok Nose eee Brooklyn, NY leshing, fra D’ Asa Beit Hillel of Fal Brook, NY ‘Additional Rabonim interested in signing kol koreh please contact sweettorah(@'gmail.com or fax 732 218 9475 for further information.