Two publications following Rabbi Goren’s Halachic verdict on the case of a brother and a sister who were declared Mamzerim by rabbinical courts since their mother remarried without divorcing her first husband. The rabbinical verdict allowed them to become part of the Jewish community based on several loopholes found in the father’s conversion’s status. This verdict brought Rabbi Goren (“the compromiser”) versus Orthodox circles tear to its climax.
1. “Kir’u Bigdeichem” – Huge placard on behalf of the members of the Jerusalem Badatz, Rabbi Yitzchak Ya’akov Weiss, Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund, Rabbi Israel Moshe Dushinsky and Rabbi Elyahu Zlotnik. Jerusalem, winter 1973. Against Rabbi Shlomo Goren’s Halachic verdict – “Because the man who was appointed as chief rabbi of the Zionistic Chief Rabbinical Order has set out to uproot the Torah prohibition which forbids illegitimates from becoming part of the Jewish community…”. 70 X 99 cm. Good condition. Folded.
2. Special edition of the “Digleinu” journal, Winter 1973. Titled: “Yahadut Ha-Torah shocked – Rabbi Shach Shlita: “this is the burning of the Torah – if illegitimate people are free to become part of the Jewish community, he [Rabbi Shlomo Goren] should be banned from the community”. 44.5 cm leaf. Good condition. Tears on the margins and wrinkles. Few stains.