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TSEDEK TSEDEK TIRDOF
In Passaic and many other Orthodox Jewish communities, decent Jewish husbands
are being jailed, sued, expelled from their homes, denied access to their
children, and are being robbed of their assets in civil courts. A feminist
"underground" pressures various shul rabbis to discard Torah law and deny Jewish
men their halachic rights. Corrupt Bais Dins issue fraudulent seruvim and orders
against Jewish husbands after deliberating in the husband's absence. Feminist "agunah"
organizations persecute and publicly embarrass Jewish husbands who are abiding
by halacha. Severe halachic violations
are being committed against Jewish husbands involved in divorce disputes.
IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE
The most important principle is: "DO NOT GO AFTER THE MAJORITY TO DO EVIL" (Shemos
23:2). Under a fraudulent guise of helping "agunos", various feminists and feminist groups attempt to enlist uninformed but
well meaning Jews into their harassment campaigns against Jewish men. These
feminists and their rabbis are causing a multitude of coerced and invalid GITTIN,
and are promoting severe violations of Torah law.
"The situation in America with regard to
permitting married women to remarry is dreadful. " These are the words of HaRav
Shlomo Eliyahu Miller, Rosh Kollel and Av Beis Din of Kollel
Toronto, Canada, one of the most prominent poskim in North America, as
quoted in an interview with Yated Ne'eman.
IF YOU ARE TOLD A WOMAN IS AN "AGUNAH"
If you are told by any rabbis,
persons, or "agunah" groups that any men should be shunned or harassed because
they have not given a GET to their wives, it is critical to ask several
questions before assisting these groups or persons:
 | Did a Bais Din
rule that the husband is "chayav l'garesh", ie is required to give a GET?
(Only a Bais Din, not a sole rabbi, can rule "chayav l'garesh"). |
| Did the husband agree in writing to appear before that
particular Bais Din? |
| Did the Bais Din hear the husband's testimony and discuss
the case in his presence? |
| Is the psak in writing that the husband is "chayav l'garesh"?
(Do not accept verbal claims which are not in writing). |
| Was the Bais Din a reputable Bais Din that operates according to the Shulchan Aruch and major poskim?
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| Did the wife refrain from litigating in
civil court, or refrain from using restraining orders? |
If the answer to any of these questions is NO, the husband is
probably NOT required to give his wife
a GET, the wife is not an "agunah", and any coercion against the
hsuband may produce an invalid GET. If you are involved in coercing Gittin
against halacha, you may be causing terrible aveiros of adultery and mamzerus!
A woman cannot litigate in civil court, and then demand that
her husband appear before a Bais Din only to do a GET. If the Bais Din Plaintiff
was litigating in civil courts, the Bais Din Defendant would not be required to
answer the Plaintiff's hazmanah, and a seruv should not be issued (See KolKoreh-Archaos
)
IF YOU ARE TOLD A RAV ISSUED A RULING
A Jew having a dispute with another Jew is allowed to send the
other Jew a summons to Bais Din. However, one party to a dispute cannot obtain
an ex-parte (one sided) psak from their rav or Bais Din and impose it on another party who
did not agree to appear before that rav or Bais Din. If you are told any rav, no
matter how prominent, has issued an opinion about any divorce case or dispute,
it is critical to ask:
| Is this Rav's psak in writing? |
| Did both parties to the dispute actually agree to appear
before that rav or Bais Din to accept his psak? |
| Is the agreement in writing? |
| Did both parties actually appear before that Rav or Bais
Din and actually present their testimony? |
If the answer to any of these questions is no, the "psak"
probably has no validity.
IF YOU ARE TOLD SOMEONE IS "IN CHEREM"
Fraudulent seruvim are becoming common, and are being relied upon to impose
unjust community sanctions against Jewish men. These seruvim may lack the
name, address, and phone number of a real Bais Din, or else were invalid because
the husband was willing to appear before another Bais Din, or else were invalid
because the wife was in civil court at the time of the seruv. Enforcement
of seruvim against women has become rare or non-existent.
If you are told that any persons are "in cherem", or a "seruv"
has issued against them, it is critical to ask the following:
| Is the so-called seruv in writing? |
| Does the "seruv" contain at the minimum - the name, address, phone number, and seal of a
reputable Bais Din? |
| Does it state that the mesarev was summoned three times and
refused to appear before ANY Bais Din? (See
DINTORA_LEKETDIBREPOSKIM ) |
| Does the "seruv" state a legitimate reason for its
issuance? |
| Did the Bais Din Plaintiff refrain from litigating in
civil court? |
If the answer to any of these questions is no, the "seruv"
probably has no validity. If you ostracize the so-called mesarev, you may be
doing a terrible aveirah!
PUBLICIZE THE MOSRIM
In a perversion of Torah law, persons involved with mesirah
against other Jews are being
welcomed into the shuls, while their victims (usually men) are being banned from the shuls. A serious problem exists of "Orthodox" rabbis who are
allowing and/or encouraging Jews to use civil courts and police in violation of halacha.
As stated in the Kolkoreh-Mesirah signed by
many Gadolim, "It is a
mitzva to publicize the names and addresses of Jewish mosrim and
their supporters, in order for Jews to know from whom to stay away."
Regarding any Passaic rabbis who may be allowing or
encouraging Jewish women to use civil courts, or who may be acting in concert
with mosrim, the Kol Koreh KolKoreh-Archaos states:
"... their halachic rulings are void, and all their HECHSHERIM
are void, and all their bread is PAS AKUM, and their wine is YAYIN NESECH, and
it is forbidden to daven by them, until they will publicly repent from their
evil ways..."
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