The Rabbinical Council of America will accept as binding all rulings by the Israel Chief Rabbinate, it was formally pledged at a meeting of the Chief Rabbinate Council here today. The pledge was made on behalf of the American Council by Rabbis S. Sharfman and Z. Segal.
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