In a public letter issued by Kehot Publication Society on Thursday, they decried “counterfeited Kehos books and siddurim”, which have recently been published and “are being sold on the open market to innocent, unaware consumers”.
In a public letter issued by Kehot Publication Society on Thursday, they decried “counterfeited Kehos books and siddurim”, which have recently been published and “are being sold on the open market to innocent, unaware consumers”.
Below is the full text of the letter issued by Kehot:
CONSUMER ALERT!
It has come to our attention that many counterfeited Kehot books and Siddurim Tehilat Hashem are being sold on the open market to innocent, unaware consumers. These include reproductions or retypeset works belonging to Kehot Publication Society, the sacred institution founded by the Frierdike Rebbe and directed by the Rebbe, of blessed memory.
We appeal to the public to refrain from using or purchasing these books, and not strengthen the hands of the unscrupulous people producing and selling these items. Besides being acts of brazen theft, their actions are a malicious revolt against our Rebbes who have asserted that all these books belong solely to the Kehot Publication Society.
NOTE: On the Copyright page of all Kehot books you will find the telephone numbers and email address of Kehot (718-774-4000 / 718-778-0226 / [email protected]). If the above do not appear in the book it is a stolen and counterfeited publication, which is forbidden to be used or purchased.
We a trust that fair and straightforward members of anash and temimim will not lend a hand to these counterfeiters, and may the perpetrators repent from their sinful ways.
Kislev 5782
Kehot Publication Society
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