GOREN, SHLOMO. Harsha'ah le-Get (Authorization to divorce)
AUCTION 22 |
Tuesday, January 27th,
2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art Including Holy Land Maps, Illustrated Books, Photography and Graphic Art from The Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Conn
Lot 104
(ISRAEL, STATE OF)
GOREN, SHLOMO. Harsha'ah le-Get (Authorization to divorce)
Israel: The Army Press December 1948
Est: $800 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $800
This document was prepared by the Chaplain of the Israeli Army in December, 1948, to be completed by soldiers, authorizing rabbinic authorities to issue a get (bill of divorce) to their wives in the event they failed to return from the battlefield. R. Goren (1917-1994), together with Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi Herzog (1888-1959) prepared this form to avoid the problem of Agunah. Their basis was the Talmudic statement, “Whomever goes out to fight a war of the House of David writes a bill of divorce for his wife” (TB Shabbath 56a). In point of fact, the form was not utilized, civil authorities fearing for the demoralizing effect it would have upon the troops