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A Special Kenes to Greet Bochurim Released from Prison
With the presence of as full roster of Torah leaders, headed by Rabbenu HaRav Dov Lando, HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, together with HaRav Avraham Salim and many roshei yeshiva, this past Sunday saw a celebrated event of Kiddush Hashem in a welcoming gathering in honor of the students, Yair Saada, a student of Yeshivat Kisei Rahamim, and Yitzchak Rebibo, student in Yeshivas Rabbenu Chaim Ozer, who were released from the military prison for the 'crime' of studying Torah.
Against the backdrop of a resounding "Fortunate are you for having been imprisoned for studying Torah" emerging loudly from the mouth of HaRav Dov Lando,he went on to clarify the present difficult situation.
"We are very fearful, primarily over the difficult repercussions which may ensue if more yeshiva students are imprisoned. We have been trying very hard, through our representatives and other means so that our students not be disturbed from their study, one and all, with no exception."
It is very difficult for the Netanyahu-haters of all types and stripes to digest the unconcealed friendship of the President of the United States with the Israeli Prime Minister. Netanyahu has met with Trump six times in the course of the first year of the former's tenure, before each of which the doom-sayers predicted that this time, but really and truly, Trump will clash with Netanyahu and strike him a resounding blow to send him flying. And yet, time after time, the bleak and black forecasts of those savant commentators ended up mistaken. Just wait and see — this time it will happen. It is altogether inconceivable that the American president can harbor any positive sentiments towards the most despised head of state in all of the Middle East — in their opinion, to be sure.
Part III
The first part of this article described the circumstances and background of a get given in the small town of Cleves. The chosson behaved strangely right before and immediately after the wedding, even disappearing during the sheva brochos. He said that he had to flee for his life to England. The Rav of Cleves, HaRav Yisroel Lipschitz, agreed to arrange a get for him, but the beis din of Frankfurt later decided that it was invalid. The latter sent a letter to the rav of Cleves who had arranged the get, asserting that it was posul in view of the chosson's unusual behavior. Rav Lipschitz replied that he still maintained that the get was valid. Eventually, virtually every important rav alive issued an opinion in the matter.
The response from Frankfurt was delayed. They preferred, for whatever reason, to conceal the content of the deliberations, testimonies, and other proceedings. Many residents of Bonn who had been present at the time the get was arranged, or who had accompanied the chosson and his party to Cleves, were summoned to testify before the beis din, Rav Shimon Copenhagen among them. The investigation continued for three weeks, and at its conclusion, the judges ruled that there still remained a doubt as to the woman's status. The validity of the get was in question.
The major question: Was Yitzchok Neiberg, the erstwhile chosson, a shoteh and hence incapable of giving a get?
In Frankfurt and Mannheim, the majority opinion was yes. Many facts were brought as proof of this: The young man's strange behavior, his divorce so short a time after a wedding that had entailed much preparation and even financial debt, the fact that he concealed everything from his father, and his giving up a large sum of money for the good of the woman.
In Bonn and Cleves, they refuted these proofs in detail, explaining the reasoning behind each of the actions. They remarked that the chosson's behavior in Mannheim certainly didn't invalidate the get, because—even though his behavior was strange—he had done nothing that would put him in the category of a shoteh. Both sides had halachic proofs to support their contentions.
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