Ashkenazi declined to assent to this resolution, even when requested in the name of Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon ha-Kohen, the rosh yeshiva at Cracow. In a letter to the latter he claimed that, although the decision of the Polish rabbis was based upon the authority of Maimonides, he considered it unsupported by Talmudic literature and therefore deemed it as needlessly discouraging religious instruction.
Ashkenazi did not agree with this resolution, even when asked by Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon ha-Kohen, the headmaster at Cracow. In a letter to him, he maintained that although the decision of the Polish rabbis was based on Maimonides' authority, it lacked Talmudic support and thus appeared unnecessary in discouraging religious education.