The Response of the Leader of the Neturei Karta, Rabbi Amram Blau, Regarding his Marriage with the Convert Ruth Ben ...

The Response of the Leader of the Neturei Karta, Rabbi Amram Blau, Regarding his Marriage with the Convert Ruth Ben David

The main points of Rabbi Amram Blau's response and claims to the Rabbis of the Eida Chareidit of Jerusalem, who forbade him from marrying the convert Ruth Ben David, which was published during the period following the Yossele Schuchmacher affair. [Jerusalem, 1965].  

Specifications: [8] leaves written in his handwriting, 32 cm.

Background: The engagement of Rabbi Amram Blau, one of the senior members of the Eida Chareidit in Jerusalem and founder and leader of the 'Neturei Karta' to the convert Ruth Ben David, was met with tremendous opposition among the Neturei Karta in Jerusalem, led by the members of the Beit Din, his students, and even his children. They considered it dishonorable for him to marry a convert who was originally a Catholic. In addition, he was seventy years old at the time, and she was only 40, and they considered there to be a halachic problem for an old man to marry a young woman. They even excommunicated him, and as a result he was forced to move to Bnei Brak for a period of time. 

In these leaves, which Rabbi Blau used as a draft, he dismisses the beit din's claims one by one, in great detail, and shows that even the prophets married women who had converted. In his opinion, one who does so is fulfilling the commandment 'And you shall love the convert.' He also claims that there is no prohibition in our time for a man to marry a woman much younger than him. 

There are also several harsh words which he wrote about his opponents on the last page. 

Unique Features: Historic testimony from one of the affairs which agitated Jerusalem over fifty years ago. 

Condition: Fine. Slight tears with no lack of text.