I've
had an opportunity to work with Rabbi Eidensohn for a number of years. I
am grateful to be able to contribute to his blog, and I want to thank
everyone who has visited this blog with its discussions about Torah
marriage, family, and divorce.
Rabbi
Eidensohn is in Monsey NY, and I am outside Washington DC. Trenton NJ
is between Washington and Monsey, and is where a Chilul Hashem is being
played out as Rabbis are on public trial for a crime that involved
intent to kidnap and torture a man in order to force a divorce. And
during the trial, a prominent Rabbi has submitted a document to the
court where he seems to indicate that a Bais Din led by one of the
Rabbis on trial was acting according to Halacha when it ordered that a
man be beaten to elicit a Get, and thus the man who was going to do the
beating should be exonerated.
At
first it seemed to be a cabal of a few Rabbis creating a Chilul Hashem
by their beatings of husbands for monetary gain or other reasons. Now,
based on this and on other research, the Chilul HaShem is that senior
rabbis in the United States are openly backing the torture of husbands
through humiliating, demonizing, and other ways of forcing a Get.
We
say these Rabbis are ignorant of Halacha. The Shulchan Aruch declares
such divorces forced with humiliation and loss of jobs to be invalid
Gittin. The great Rabbis in Eretz Israel have declared that any woman
receiving a Get from a Beth Din that permits coercing husbands in
defiance of the Shulchan Aruch must get a kosher Get before she
remarries. They have released a "Sefer Mishpitei Yisreol" about this
with their signed opinions and that of fifty American geonim and major
Torah personalities. You can get the Sefer by calling 845-352-0532.
The
Sefer says that because of the rabbis who think it is a Mitzvah to
coerce a husband, that in the next generation one may not marry anyone
until there is a thorough checking that they are not descended in any
way from an invalid Get, a questionable Get, or a Get given by a Beth
Din that has lost its license to give Gittin because it strays from the
Shulchan Aruch with regard to coercing the husband.
We
are sitting on a volcano on the verge of erupting, splitting families
and communities asunder, and where in America is this discussed openly
other than on this blog? In Philadelphia, a Rosh Yeshiva with a very
famous name, is encouraging a married woman to remarry without a Get. He
says he has a Heter for allowing this, which every Rabbi I've contacted
in this regard -- and I've contacted a number of Rabbis of Batei Din --
has rejected. To be sure, they have not learned the details of the
Heter, which is being kept secret; their rejection seems to be based on
their not being any possibility of a Heter in this case. If and when
this woman in Philly remarries, any baby born from such a marriage will
definitely be a Mamzer D'o'rysa. And yet, where are the protestations?
Nowhere in America, except this blog.
Rabbi
Eidensohn spent many sessions talking personally to Gedolei HaDor of
the past generation: Reb Aharon Kotler, Reb Moshe Feinstein, Rav Yosef
Shalom Elyashev, all of them zt”l, and others. Rabbi Eidensohn insists
that we follow the Shulchan Aruch and not coerce husbands. Those who
follow the Halacha in matters of divorce and re-marriage will be able to
have children who are not doubtful Mamzerim. Other people will find out
the hard way what happens.
Rabbi
Eidensohn is now organizing a group of men and women who want to keep
the Torah as the Gedolim Reb Aharon and Reb Moshe and Reb Elyashev, all
of them zt”l, wanted. Participants from all over the United States are
eager to keep the Torah from Sinai and to obey the rules of the Shulchan
Aruch as taught by earlier generations. Our people who work to further
the goal of saving children from being Mamzerim are invited to write
guest posts. We ask that no personal attacks be made, but to talk about
things that are important for us to know as we seek to educate others.
If
you want to get involved in this Holy project, saving the next
generation from facing a flood of Mamzerim, call Rabbi Eidensohn at
845-578-1917. The blog has a Pay Pal link. Please make a contribution
which is a means of advancing Rabbi Eidensohn's work.
Shalom,
Joe Orlow
