NY Post LAKEWOOD, N.J. — When a Jewish woman wanted a divorce from an
unwilling husband, federal prosecutors say, Mendel Epstein was the rabbi
who — for the right price — could gather a kidnap team to make it
happen.
Prosecutors allege Epstein’s team would use brutal methods, including
martial arts beatings, handcuffs and electric cattle prods, to torture
the man into granting the divorce.
“If it can get a bull that weighs 5 tons to move, you put it in certain
parts of his body and in one minute the guy will know,” prosecutors said
the Orthodox rabbi told a pair of undercover FBI agents posing as a
brother and sister trying to force the sister’s husband to grant the
ritual Jewish divorce known as a “get.” Prosecutors say Epstein was
recorded telling the agents the operation would cost at least $50,000. [...]
Epstein’s trial on attempted kidnapping charges starts Tuesday in
federal court in Trenton. Several co-defendants have pleaded guilty in
the case; others will go on trial with Epstein.[...]
“Without having the get … I have no prospects of getting remarried. I
cannot date men. I have no future of having more children,” said Rivky
Stein, a 25-year-old Brooklyn woman who says she is trying to obtain a
get from her husband but isn’t involved in the Epstein case. “It just
literally locks you in. You’re just entirely chained, and, in a sense,
you’re controlled.” [...]
This case is a double tragedy. Not only Did they violate Civil laws, but Also Halocho as well. His team that accepted the monies for the "hit" was the same team that formed the "Bais Din" that gave the ruling to kidnap. If they could rule so corruptively in such a case of a non-existent husband, what does this say about all his other Gittin procured via force?
ReplyDeletePlease investigate this woman, also a fake Agunah who refused gets from one man, married a second and then refused three kosher gets from him. Now she must receive a get from the first or she can not remarry according to Jerusalem Rabbinute. She harassed Nachlaot for 5 years with her lies and character assassinations. http://www.gofundme.com/g521rk
ReplyDeleteThe man she names on GoFundMe is actually the victim of a terrible con job and he is still defending himself in court.
I deleted the link since you provided no information to support your claims against her.
ReplyDeletePlease please send me supporting documents
I'm waiting for the scanned copy. the photo I took on my cell phone is terrible.
ReplyDeleteI have the PDF. How do I get it to you?
ReplyDeleteemail it to yadmoshe@gmail.com
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