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Kaminetsky-Greenblatt told a woman to remarry without a GET and thus have a mamzer for a child. Should the woman name the mamzer for her father?.
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Kaminetsky-Greenblatt told a woman to remarry without a GET and thus have a mamzer for a child. Should the woman name the mamzer for her father?.
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From my brother Rabbi Dr. Daniel Eidensohn's blog daattorah.blogspot.com
Kaminetsky-Greenblatt Heter: Should they name their mamzer son after her father?
After universal condemnation and rejection of the Kaminetsky-Greenblatt "heter" - the couple is still living together. Neither R Greenblatt nor the Kaminetsky's seem to feel it necessary for the couple to separate despite clear consensus that they are committing adultery.
This raises in interesting question of kibud av. Given that her father was niftar - it seems reasonable that when they have a son that she would name him after her father. The question is whether honoring her father by naming a mamzer after him is truly honoring her father's memory? On the other hand if she doesn't name her son after her father that shows that she acknowledges that her marriage is not valid according to halacha and she is disgracing his memory by merely remaining in the phony marriage.
A related question is whether Rav Shmuel or Sholem Kaminetsky or Rav Greenblatt would be the sandek for their son? Is it considered an honor to be a sandek for a mamzer? On the other hand if they refused the "honor" that would mean that they acknowledge that the child is a mamzer that they were responsible for creating.
For those close to these gedolim, I would appreciate if you asked them these questions. I will publish their answers. If you can get them to explain why they haven't told the couple to separate - even after the Kaminetsky's accepted Rav Dovid Feinstein's psak that the heter is garbage - it would also be appreciated.
