The Tamar Epstein Saga

[Moshe123]

Here you have the RSK letter disavowing it.

[Aaaron]

And.  Here.  We.  Go.

This is going to get interesting. 

[Moshe123]

And.  Here.  We.  Go.

This is going to get interesting. 

Notice the old date. People had it until now.

[Aaaron]

Notice the old date. People had it until now.

Good catch.  3 weeks old.  Surprised it stayed under wraps for so long.

[Moshe123]

Good catch.  3 weeks old.  Surprised it stayed under wraps for so long.

More like nearly 5 months.

[Aaaron]

More like nearly 5 months.

Whoops, you're right, wrong month.  So this is before the heter was granted, right?  We'll need something more recent then or half the world will say he may have changed his mind.

[Moshe123]

Whoops, you're right, wrong month.  So this is before the heter was granted, right?  We'll need something more recent then or half the world will say he may have changed his mind.

Heter is much older.

[Aaaron]

Heter is much older.

Really?  What's the basic timeline on this and why's it being made such a big deal now?  Is it because she remarried?  I would've thought such a heter would have created huge waves immediately. 

[Moshe123]

Really?  What's the basic timeline on this and why's it being made such a big deal now?  Is it because she remarried?  I would've thought such a heter would have created huge waves immediately. 

I also don't know why it boiled over now. But it's now that you have Rabbonim from all shades coming out against it.

[churnbabychurn]

I also don't know why it boiled over now. But it's now that you have Rabbonim from all shades coming out against it.

the title of this piece may have to do with this. האם תמר אפשטיין הרה לזנונים?

[churnbabychurn]

Notice the old date. People had it until now.

Not the people who signed letters mentioning RSK

[Moshe123]

the title of this piece may have to do with this. האם תמר אפשטיין הרה לזנונים?

No real reference to that.
Anyway, RAF in his letter acknowledges that RSK denies it. I guess the letter should have been made public.

[Moshe123]

Not the people who signed letters mentioning RSK

See my above comment

[churnbabychurn]

Really?  What's the basic timeline on this and why's it being made such a big deal now?  Is it because she remarried?  I would've thought such a heter would have created huge waves immediately.

If she remarried recently that would trigger this.

[churnbabychurn]

Really?  What's the basic timeline on this and why's it being made such a big deal now?  Is it because she remarried?  I would've thought such a heter would have created huge waves immediately.

If she remarried recently that would trigger this.

[Moshe123]

If she remarried recently that would trigger this.

It seems so.

[aygart]

Notice the old date. People had it until now.

Not the people who signed letters mentioning RSK

Says something when someone calls a 90 year old respected Rosh Yeshiva reform without even ensuring that he actually said what is being attributed to him. Sounds like someone needs to review the halachos of kabalas lashon hara.

[Moshe123]

Says something when someone calls a 90 year old respected Rosh Yeshiva reform without even ensuring that he actually said what is being attributed to him. Sounds like someone needs to review the halachos of kabalas lashon hara.

Or that said Rabbi wrote a secret letter and let the while world keep on thinking that he approved it. He still didn't release a public letter.

The harsh letter is completely unjustified, but the Kaminetsky's aren't clean here.

[Ergel]

Says something when someone calls a 90 year old respected Rosh Yeshiva reform without even ensuring that he actually said what is being attributed to him. Sounds like someone needs to review the halachos of kabalas lashon hara.

There is a shmua going around that that letter is fabricated. Not sure whether that's accurate or not

[aygart]

Or that said Rabbi wrote a secret letter and let the while world keep on thinking that he approved it. He still didn't release a public letter.

The harsh letter is completely unjustified, but the Kaminetsky's aren't clean here.

You don't write such a letter without verifying that he actually said it so letting people think it would not be enough to excuse it.