Reply To: Cherem Rabbeinu Gershom

Under CRG, what is the minimum number of countries a Heter Meah Rabbonim requires signatories from? Is one signatory from a country sufficient to count that as one of the minimum number of countries? What is considered a “country”, in reference to the requirements for a HMR, to be counted as one of the minimum number thereof (i.e. would the US and Canada be counted as two towards it; or would even two different States within the US be counted as two separate “countries” for this purpose?)

Is any person with Smicha (even if not a pulpit rabbi) qualified to be one of the hundred signatories (otherwise what are the qualifications to be a signatory)? And what are the qualifications where a HMR can be issued altogether?