Boston, MA – A television debate between the four candidates for governor is being rescheduled to avoid a conflict with Rosh Hashanah, one of the most sacred days on the Jewish calendar, after Jewish leaders complained about the insensitivity of the timing, a station official said.
A spokeswoman for WBZ-TV (Ch. 4) said the debate, which is to be moderated by station political analyst Jon Keller, is being moved to Sept. 7, a day before the Jewish holiday. The Herald reported the controversial timing yesterday.
“We heard from a number of members of the Jewish community and understand their concern,” Ro Dooley Webster said.
The debate originally was set for Sept. 8 at 7 p.m., coinciding with the start of Rosh Hashanah, when many Jews are in temple.
Rabbi Abraham Halbfinger of Congregation Kadimah in Brighton praised WBZ-TV’s decision.
“It’s like scheduling the debate on Dec. 24, then saying a lot of people are in church,” Halbfinger said. “It wasn’t malicious, it just slipped by someone’s notice, but they did the right thing.”
Dooley would not discuss how the decision was made to set the debate on the high holiday in the first place.
Keller could not be reached. A source with one of the gubernatorial campaigns said Keller called the campaigns yesterday afternoon and “said we’re looking to move to Tuesday.”
The Patrick campaign had indicated it was interested in moving the date.
“We’re looking forward to Tuesday’s debate,” said Patrick spokesman Alex Goldstein.
“We are pleased all of the parties were able to come together to make the change,” said Amy Birmingham of the Cahill campaign.
(Source: Boston Herald)
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Why didn’t Shlomo Hamelech re-schedule his huge Seudah for the Chanukas Habayis till after Yom Kippur.? And moreover, why isn’t even one word mentioned, in the Pesukim, that it was Yom Kippur?
Many Meforshim offer an explanation that in his time they did not know about Yom Kipppus because they only found the Torah in the times of Yoishiohu. That would explain why there are absolutly no Mitzvahs ever mentioned in Tenaach, even in passing.(Using Teffilin, Writing Teffilin, Shema, Bikurim, Tzitzis, Shofar, Yom Hadin, Esrog, Seffiras Ho’omer, Mezuzah, Writing a Sefer Torah, Birchas Hamozoin, And dozens of other Mitzvohs that were applicable for their time). These mitzvahs take up 60% of our day, how can you not mention any of them when relating so many stories of Yidden, Bizman Habbayis.
Ader:
The “meforshim” you are quoting are bible critics like Welhausen and all of his ilk. They have been thoroughly discredited by both Jewish and secular scholars.
If you want to see a great answer to your question about why many mitzvos are not mentioned see “Rejoice My Youth” or “Awake my Glory” (By R’ Avigdor Miller) for very cogent answer. In general he has a great approach to address the bible critics “scientific method”
By the way it’s is not true. Many mitzvos are mentioned all throughout tanach.
You are spewing pure kefira- you are saying that the Torah was not given at Sinai. Why in the world did the moderators let this through. They have stopped my comments for far less egregious matters.
What a Kefira!! Bring your sources please – OUR Meforshim are Chaza”l!!!
The Gemara in Moed Katan 9A says that they derived the allowance to eat on Yom Kippur from the Torah’s description of the Chanukas ha’Mishkan in the Midbar. When the Mishkan was dedicated, the Nesi’im brought Korbanos as part of the celebration, even on Shabbos. The Jewish people derived from there that when the Mikdash is dedicated, the celebration overrides the obligation to fast on Yom Kippur. Hash-m was pleased with their decision, as He demonstrated at the end of the celebrations by sending forth a Bas Kol to proclaim that they were all destined to eternal life in Olam ha’Ba.
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