Q. Dear Rabbi Bartfeld shelitah: We would like to know if this document (copy sent to you) issued by the Rabbinical Alliance of America is enough to bar the man named from coming to our shul?
He is obviously not respectful of the Dayanim and is causing great pain to his wife. They are separated already two and a half years and he is demanding a large amount for the get.
Based on this document should he be barred from shul? What is the next step?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that since the document you sent, was issued by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada, that as their address shows has mainly its jurisdiction, rule and acceptance in the U.S., if the shul in question is in the U.S. the document has validity.
If the person involved belongs to a Sephardic background, a Beis Din of his denomination should be approached.
If we are dealing with a Toronto congregation, then a local Beis Din in Toronto should be addressed with the issue. It is for them to decide the actual local case.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a
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