Elad rabbonim and askanim are working to have a bus line that travels to the Tel Aviv Sheraton Beach cancelled. According to the weekly BaKehilla, Gedolei Yisrael Shlita including HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita have come out prohibiting the line and travel to that beach. Various badatzim have also prohibited the line.
Askanim add that in Bnei Brak efforts to cancel the line were successful, adding “There is no reason that a Torah city like Elad not to follow the example of Bnei Brak towards giving a chizuk to the boundaries of Kedusha.”
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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9 Responses
Isn’t the Sheraton beach separate? If so, what’s the issue?
an Israeli Yid
Are they being forced to go on the bus to the beach?
Need more info.
Isnt the bus line important for the stops on the way to the beach? Thought that was a separate gender beach, so what’s wrong?
Gedolei Yisroel paskened. You are less than dirt under their fingernail to disagree.
If the rabbonim are too restrictive parts of the charedi tzibur will rebel
Reply to No. 4
Please review the facts before you make such a naresh statement. No one is telling Rav Shteinman or any resident of Elad to go to the beach or engage in any pritzus. Also, the issue is related to similar disputes involving buses running to the beach areas on Shabbos when most non-frum Israelis want to go to the beach or other parks since Sunday is a regular workday. Let everyone decide for themselves whether to go to the beach or any other recreational area. This is not an issue form the rabbonim to get involved in.
Chachom says it all – anonymous rabbaim quited in an internet from a town he’s probably never been to, are now “gedolim” – and he insults anyone who dares question their edicts because of course – anonymous gedolim we’ve never heard of are Daas Torah & beyond question. PATHETIC!
Rav Shteinman is not anonymous. He made a public psak halacha. Only someone on Rav Shteinman’s caliber or at least a posek can disagree. So far though no one has disagreed. Other than anon internet posters.
Kudos chachom.
Chacom and Toras Moshe – while I do not have the source in front of me now, I recall learning that there is explicit permission for one who asked a She’ela to ask the Posek for the basis of the Psak. I’m not saying that the one asking is then free to ignore the psak if he disagrees, but there is nothing whatsoever wrong with asking for the reason for a psak.
an Israeli Yid