An Israeli rabbinical court is threatening an Australian rabbi with excommunication. The court said Rabbi Joseph Gutnick, whose company successfully sued his brother-in-law Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, head of the Sydney Yeshiva, for payments of outstanding debts exceeding $10 million, must withdraw his court actions within 48 hours or be ex-communicated.
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