Israel Chief Rabbis at Odds Over Langer Ruling
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That court claimed that
Both chief rabbis were at Mrs. Langer had never di-
Lod Airport to bid farewell vorced Borokowsky who she
to President Shazar, who was married in Poland shortly
off to the United States to after World War II and who
attend the funeral service in subsequently disappeared.
Washingtoii f o r President
Borokowsky later turned up
Truman. However, the religi- in Israel claiming to be a
ous leaders did not speak to practicing Jew. He appealed
each other.
to the Supreme Court to pre-
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ova- vent publication of Rabbi
dia Yosef emphatically de- Goren's ruling but the court
nied that he had any plans deferred action until today.
Borokowsky claimed that
to resign because of his dif-
ferences with Rabbi Goren. the ruling, published under
He made his denial in re- the official seal of the state
sponse to questions by news- of Israel, injured and of-
fended him.
men.
In an emotional speech to
Rabbi Goren was heard re-
minding Shazar to remember Jerusalem's oriental c o m -
to present the chief rabbin- munIty Rabbi Yosef described
ate's judgment in the Langer Rabbi Goren as a "dictator,"
case to the Lubavitcher implied that he twisted Ha-
Rebbe, who had criticized lakha (religious law) for his
Rabbi Goren's clearance of own purposes, and begged
the Sephardic community to
the Langer children.
Rabbi Goren published his support him in his confronta-
controversial ruling Jan. 3, tion with the Ashkenazic chief
but continued to withhold the rabbi.
In a voice choked with
names of the nine dayanim
(rabbinkal judges) who con- tears, Rabbi Yosef said, "I
curred in it because of the live under dictatorship. I am
"ugly atmosphere created by alone on the battlefield. I
extremist elements."
need your help to carry on.
The ruling cited four hal- You do not know what is go-
akhic grounds on which ing,on in the Chief Rabbinate.
Rabbi Goren contends the I am alone fighting every
Langer children were free to hour. I cannot sleep nights."
marry.
He alleged that Rabbi Gor-
It stated that there was no en imposed his will at chief
evidence that their mother's rabbinate meetings by "bang-
first husband, Avraham Boro- ing his fist on the table and
kowsky, was properly con- saying, 'That is it.'"
verted to Judaism; that even
Rabbi Yosef made no di-
if he was properly converted, rect references to the Langer
his reversion to Christian ruling. However, he said, "I
practices afterwards nullified am opposed to extremism
his conversion; that there but I believe Halakha should
was no evidence that Mrs. be dispensed without pub-
Langer was ever married to licity and without sensation-
Borokowsky; and that even alism. I am of the school of
if they were married, Boro- Beit Hillel but I cannot make
kowsky's divorce of her after Halakha so plastic that it can
she remarried and bore chil- fit into any mold. I cannot
dren by her second husband, tell the crowd that every-
nullified the original marri- thing is permissable, every-
age bond.
thing is forgiveable."
The Langer children had
There was no comment
been declared "mamzerim"
from Rabbi Goren. A spokes-
(illegitimate) by a Petach
man for the Ashkenazic chief
Tikva rabbinical court seven
rabbi said that all rulings by
years ago.
the chief rabbiniate were
made through democratic
procedures.
Rabbi Yosef was out of
town when Rabbi Goren con-
vened his religious court to
rule in the Langer case. His
attack on Rabbi Goren was
considered unprecedented in
annuals of Israel's chief rab-
binate.
The feud sharpened Mon-
day when Rabbi Yosef
charged that he was "duped"
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certificate of Hanoch Langer,
Rabbi Yosef claimed that
the certificate had somehow
been slipped among the
scores of marriage certifi-
cates he signs each week and
that he signed it unknowing-
ly.
He hinted that Rabbi
Goren's hand wes behind the
alleged subterfuge and de-
manded a commission of in.
quiry to find out how the
certificate came to his desk
and who passed it on to the
press.
Rabbi Yosef reportedly tore
the certificate to shreds in
a fit of anger Sunday when
it was brought to him by
Pinhas Sheinman, chairman
of the Tel Aviv Religious
Council. A new certificate
will be issued and will be
signed by Rabbi Goren.
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