After Gerre Chassidim were evicted from a miklat (bomb shelter) shul in Arad, losing their appeal to the High Court of Justice last week, Arad City Hall padlocked the miklat to keep them out.
The city insists they broke into the miklat without authorization, and that led to the eviction order. The chassidim insist they have permission from the IDF Homefront Command.
Arad City Hall on Monday announced the miklat would be cleared of its contents during the afternoon hours Monday. This refers to the items brought in for the shul and beis medrash. Rabbonim affiliated with Gerre called on their tzibur to hold an atzeres tefilla as an outcry to the city’s actions. The rabbonim stressed to refrain from any verbal and/or physical violence.
Despite the call of the rabbonim to avoid violence, a large police presence was ordered to the scene to maintain order.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Several Courts including the High Court have ruled against Ger. Rather than let the Arad city workers subject the tashmishei kodesh and seforim to bizyoinos nwhy don’t the Gerrer Chassidim remove the items themselves? I guess politics is more important than kedusha.
why don’t the Gerrer Chassidim remove the items themselves?
How can they? They can’t get in. That’s the whole point of this story.
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