Rav Nota Greenblatt, Memphis — second letter

Second letter of Rabbi Nota Greenblatt

Translation:

As I have previously written, the prohibition against appearing before a secular court when the defendant is willing to apear before Beis Din is something even schoolchildren who learn Chumash and Rashi know.

I have also indicated that at present appearing before a secular court entails hiring lawyers which are an enormous cost, and ruin the livelihood of the defendant. That alone is reason enough that they are prohibited from going to court until a Beis Din will hear the sides out and decide that they may go to court.

And I am pained to hear that Mrs. Avraham Ort has begun to sue her husband in court as if there were no dayan in Klal Yisrael, when going to court is something that needs a clear psak from a Beis Din to be permitted…