During a Shabbos drasha in the Musioff Shul in Yerushalayim, HaGaon HaRav Bentzion Mutzafi addressed the recent High Court of Justice ruling permitting grocery stores to open in Tel Aviv on Shabbos.
The rav stated “What is happening now is the High Court is uprooting Yisrael and Toras Yisrael with its ruling permitting stores to open on Shabbos”.
The rav added “The municipality does nothing and in fact, the chareidim do nothing too – it’s all about business”.
The rav added the media plays a big role in persuading the masses, then speaking about the chareidi media which dares to expresses criticism against Gedolei Yisrael who speak out against chilul Shabbos, those who portray rabbonim who speak out as being “extremists”.
“Yes, I am against anything, anything that contributes to the destruction of Torah – I am against…”
The rav is calling for protests against the chilul Shabbos. He emphasized that he will never throw rocks at one who is mechalel Shabbos, nor will he curse him, but he will “sit at home and cry for each and every Jew who is losing it for we are all partners and Moshiach is not coming for we are all responsible for one another”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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but he will “sit at home and cry for each and every Jew who is losing it for we are all partners and Moshiach is not coming for we are all responsible for one another”.
Sounds to me like he agrees with the sentiment of the Chareidi papers he quotes.