Sunday, August 20, 2023

Rav Moshe Sternbuch explains why Tamar Epstein's heter is so dangerous

The following is from Rav Sternbuch's parsha sheet for this week


 בשבוע שעבר עוררנו על ההיתר שניתן מאחד מהפוסקים באמריקה להתיר אשת איש לשוק בלא גט, ואחד מגדולי ראשי הישיבות שם הביע דעתו שאפשר לסמוך על הרב שהתיר (מתוך עדות הנמצא תתת ידי), והיא תקלה ופרצה גדולה. ובשעה שרב אחד בצרפת התיר נישואין על תנאי לפני יותר ממאה שנה, כתבו כל הרבנים ומנהיגים בכל העולם כולו שאין בו ממש, והדבר הועיל לבטל את ההיתר, ועכשיו עדיין לא נשמע קול מחאה כראוי, והסכנה עדיין בעינה עומדת, וחייבים לכתוב להדיא שהיא אשת איש גמורה ואין כאן שום מקום היתר, וגם המתיר יחתום שאסורה, ובזה תתבטל הסכנה בס"ד.ולפני כשנתיים רב אחד בצפת התיר גט בלא הבעל מדין זכיה, ויצאו כבגדו אבל כפי הנראה לא נשמע קול מחאה כפי הצורך, וכיון שלא הפקיעו אותו רבתה הפרצה ומינו אותו עכשיו כראש בית דין - בבית דין בירושלים. וכל לבב דווי בשעה ששמו של הקב"ה מתהלל בראש כל חוצות, וראש הממשלה כאן הודיע שיחזק הרפורמים בארץ , וכעת שנתפרסם פסק להתיר אשת איש בלא גט, הדבר עלול לשמש את הרפרומים שמחכים למצוא איזה קולא של גדולי ישראל כדי להיתלות בו ולומר שהם משורש "בית הלל" שמקילים יותר, והיא בכיה לדורות רח"ל, וחוב מוטל על יהדות אמריקה לבטל הגזירה...

Last week we protested the heter that was given from one of the American poskim to permit a married woman to marry without obtaining a Get from her first husband. One of the greatest rosh yeshivos  in America voiced his opinion that it was possible to rely on the rabbi who gave the heter to remarry. (I have clear evidence in my possession for this). This a a terrible stumbling block and breach in normative halacha.

More than 100 years ago when a French rabbi made a conditional marriage, the rabbis and leaders from all over the word wrote that there was no validity to such a thing. The protest was effect in nullifying his heter.

However I still don't hear an appropriate level of protest against Tamar Epstein's heter. Therefore the danger remains as dangerous as it was before. We need to write openly that Tamar Epstein remains fully  married to her first husband - and there is no basis for a heter in this case. Even the one who said the heter was a good should write that it is prohibited. In this way the danger will be eliminated with G-d's help.

Two years ago there was a rabbi in Tzfas who created a Get without the involvement of the husband by means of the principle of zichoi. There in fact was a protest against him but it seems it was not strong enough. Because it wasn't nullifed, there was an increase in the failure to observe the halacha and he in fact was appointed as a dayan in Yerushalayim.....

Currently there is another case which has been become known where a woman was given a heter to remarry without first receiving a Get from her first husband. The matter threatens to serve the Reform who have waiting to find a leniency from gedolim in order to claim that they represent a legitimate alternative like Beis Hillel who were more lenient. But this is a disaster for all time. Therefore the Jews in America have an obligation to nullify this decree...

2 comments :

  1. The International BD has been dismantling marriages for a while now. Unfortunately, it's not exactly a new phenomenon. Granted, though, this is the first time a name of such prominence has been attached to the practice.

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  2. Now a woman who is divorced must have a proper Beth Din confirm that she is really divorced with a Kosher GET. We can't trust everyone. Now even the senior Rosh Yeshivas and rabbis are revealed to be inventors of halacha in defiance of generations of rabbis who had the same questions and were not lenient. We have rabbis who are not for real, we have Beth Dins that are not for real. I got a call from somebody from a foreign country about their marital situation. I asked them why they called me. They told me they don't trust anybody else. And this was a real messy case. I got one of my people to take care of it. But just trusting rabbis doesn't work anymore, if it ever worked.

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