Reply To: Sephardim, Marriage, Gittin, and Cherem Rabbeinu Gershom

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March 9, 2012 12:15 am at 12:15 am #901452
sushee
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I have other questions about the Cherem D’Rabbeinu Gershom:

1) What made the cherem binding on Ashkenazic Jewry?

2) And whatever made it binding a) how did it bind the ENTIRE Ashkenazic world? b) Why did it ONLY bind the Ashkenazim?

3) How could a cherem be made today that would be binding on an entire portion of Klal Yisroel? And if that is not possible today, how/why was it possible by Rabbeinu Gershom?

4) Did Rabbeinu Gershom place an expiration date on his cherem and when was it? If the date passed, why is it still binding on Ashkenazim (or is it)?