[Avodah] Kiddushin and Bigamy

[Zev Sero]

On 6/12/2010 4:02 PM, Micha Berger wrote:

> If you don't think a person -- in particular a rav who is capable of
> siddur qedushin and thus probably is an authority figure in the eyes of
> some people -- has a chiyuv to make sure a father supports his children,
> we have nothing to discuss.

Who's to say how much he should be paying them?  It's a private dispute
between two parties, just like any financial dispute.  Why should someone
who has nothing to do with it, and knows none of the details, mix in,
let alone prejudge it in favour of one side, let alone against the side
he has a shaychus to?

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