Category: הלכות גיטין

  • Writing a Get in Poughkeepsie, NY

    Writing a Get in Poughkeepsie, NY

    As the Covid Pandemic waned, there was a possibility that we would have to write a Get in Poughkeepsie, NY. An investigation was launched and went on for a few days to determine all the right identifying bodies of water and pronunciation of all the names.

    When all was said and done, we discovered Rav Nota Greenblatt, who was no longer functioning at the time, had been there already. The Gittin were located, and we found out he came to the same conclusion about the spellings and location.

    The article was published in Ohr Yisroel (Monsey) issue 44 page 307.

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  • Spelling the Persian Name Pejman in a Ketubah or Get

    Spelling the Persian Name Pejman in a Ketubah or Get

    The correct spelling of names in the Get is critical to its efficacy. In this article, Rabbi Djavaheri discusses the transliteration of Persian (Iranian) names. The name at hand, Pejman, includes the Farsi letter ز (the /ʒ/ phoneme, a voiced postalveolar fricative, which sounds like J as in Jacques).

    Ashkenazim traditionally mark this sound with a זש, but there are different customs among Sepharadim. Some do a ג’ (a gimmel with an apostrophe), while others use a ז’.

    The responsum include a letter from Hacham Asher Hatchuel from the Sephardic Bet Din of Brooklyn and references to the views of other great Sephardic Dayanim of Israel and America today, including Rav Moshe Basri, Rav Eliyahu Ben-Haim, Rav Nissim Davidi, Rav Shmuel Khoshkerman,

    Le’Halacha: both פג’מאן and פז’מאן are acceptable.

    It was published in Beis Yitzchok vol. 50 pg. 232.

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  • Wedding at The Sands at Atlantic Beach, NY

    Wedding at The Sands at Atlantic Beach, NY

    In this article, Rabbi Djavaheri advises another Bet Din about how to write the name of the location in a Ketubah for a wedding taking place at the popular venue The Sands Atlantic Beach on the South Shore of Long Island, New York.

    The issues covered include the proper orthography (transliteration/spelling) of the CH sound (IPA /tʃ/ ) for Sepharadim in Gittin and the true legal municipal boundaries of Atlantic Beach.

    It was published in the journal Avkat Rochel issue 30 pg. 190.

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