The Agudath Israel issued a circular today to all rabbis in the country, drawing their attention to the fact that Jewish soldiers who insist on observing Jewish dietary laws are entitled to receive cash in lieu of their food, to enable them to bu###kosher food in the town where the are stationed.
Every Jewish soldier who wish to observe the dietary laws mu### obtain a certificate from his lo## rabbi that he is really a religious observant Jew, and the necessa### provision will then be made.
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