(GOREN CONTROVERSY)
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 228
(GOREN CONTROVERSY)
Jerusalem: 18th Kislev, 1972
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
“We are astonished by the terrible desecration of the honor of heaven by the serious incident which has never occurred before in the Nation of Israel, to destroy and undermine the authority of Halacha and pervert its true meaning with paths of deception...to permit grave prohibitions in public through hidden deeds and to make a mockery of scorn and derision toward the path of normative, traditional halachic decision-making. We therfore declare that all of (Goren’s) decisions are henceforth null and void. We write and sign with a torn and seething heart.”