Friday, October 28, 2016

Kaminetsky-Greenblatt Heter: What Rav Shmuel Kaminetsky needs to do to rectify this unholy mess

1) Rav Kaminetsky needs to to make a public announcement that the Heter that he and his son engineered is invalid. It is not sufficient that his son write a letter saying he agrees with Rav Dovid Feinstein - even if he posts it on the Internet. Rav Shmuel needs to make it clear that he agrees with the many poskim that it never was valid because the facts used in the Heter are simply not true and even if they were they don't justify a heter according to Rav Moshe Feinsein. He needs to state that this is not a machlokess haposkim but is universally agreed.

It would be helpful if he clearly state that this type of heter is not appropriate unless there is clear, verifiable evidence presented to the truth of the allegations and that the evidence clearly meets Rav Moshe Feinstein's requirements. A full beis din of internationally recognized poskim needs to sign the psak which should be made public. The experts who testify need to be clearly and publicly identified and their evidence needs to be based on direct contact with the parties. The beis din must hear both sides from the husband and wife.

A handwritten letter will suffice - though it would be nice if a video was made public

2) He needs to state unequivocally that he has told Tamar and Adam to separate and that he has told Rav Greenblatt that the evidence he and his son presented him is not valid and that Rav Greenblatt needs to retract his psak

3) He needs to publicly apologize to Aharon Friedman for the grief that he has caused him and that he had no right to try and override the authority of the Baltimore Beis Din.

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