An advertisement appeared in the Jewish Week (August 28, 1998) presenting the procedures for annulling a marriage based on kiddushei ta'ut (see previous chapter). The advertisement added that these principles guide the practice of the Beit Din Zedek LiBaiayot Agunot, which Rabbis Emanuel Rackman and Moses Morgenstern operate.1After publication of the advertisement, it was reported that Rabbis Rackman and Morgenstern split from one another. Shortly afterwards, Rabbi Rackman distributed a letter to the membership of the Rabbinical Council of America (dated December 14, 1998) defending the principles outlined in the advertisement. In this chapter, we explain why virtually all Orthodox rabbis reject these procedures (see, for example, Appendix).
We will conclude by citing from a speech delivered by Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik to the Rabbinical Council of America, in response to Rabbi Rackman's proposal:7A relevant piece of the Rav's speech appears in The Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society (9:140-141). The Rav's students cite his adamant opposition to Rabbi Rackman's proposal regarding kiddushei ta'ut in Hamevaser (38:2) and Beit Yitzchak (29:232).
I have to discharge a duty. Believe me, I do it with much sadness in my heart. You know I never criticize anybody; I have never attacked anybody. But today… I feel it is my duty to make the following statement….
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