Two booklets dealing with Rabbi Shlomo Goren and the "Mamzerim Affair". Appearing in one of the booklets is a dedication handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Goren, to Rabbi Chaim David Halevi.
1. "Halachic Opinion on Personal Status", by Shlomo Goren. [Tel-Aviv]: Chief Military Rabbinate, [1971]. Printed in 100 copies.
A halachic opinion written by Rabbi Shlomo Goren, during his tenure as the IDF Chief Rabbi, about the status of the siblings Chanoch and Miriam Langer who were declared bastards (mamzerim) by the rabbinical law courts (this due to the fact that their mother remarried without divorcing her first husband). Rabbi Goren justifies his position in favor of the siblings being cleared of the suspicion of mamzerut.
In 1972, after he was appointed Israel's Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Goren gave a Halachic ruling clearing the siblings from Mamzerut. Subsequently, leading Haredi rabbis launched an offensive against his liberal approach.
Mimeographed typescriot; with several handwritten comments and corrections. On the tenth page, a dedication handwritten by Rabbi Goren, to Rabbi Chaim David Halevi (1924-1998), the rabbi of Rishon LeZion, a member of the council of the Chief Rabbinate, who was awarded the Israel Prize for Rabbinical studies.
[2], 126 leaves, approx. 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor creases to margins. Worming to margins of leaves. Fabric tape on spine.
2. "The Campaign for Saving the Rabbinate in Israel and the Danger of Rabbi Shlomo Goren's Nomination", Jerusalem, [1972].
32 pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. An open tear in the corner of the title page (not affecting the text).