Speaking at a yahrzeit seuda for his father, Av Beis Din Bnei Brak HaGaon HaRav Yehuda Leib Landau Shlita spoke out against fast food stores in the Torah city. He stated some twenty of these stores have opened and this has led to people eating in the streets of the city.
Rav Landau marked the thirtieth yahrzeit of his father HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Landau ZT”L with the annual seudas mitzvah during which the end of shmitah was marked and a siyum was made on Shas. The yahrzeit seuda was held in Modi’in Hall in the city, attended by admorim, prominent rabbonim shlita, roshei yeshivos, members of the city’s kashrus and others.
The rav spoke of the deteriorating of modesty in the city as well as in the city’s kashrus, specifically the fast food eateries which result in persons eating in the streets, a trend that did not exist in the past.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Perhaps the Rav or someone else would explain the linkage between tzinius and eating a slice of pizza or a donut while rushing to pick up the kids at school, taking them to some after school activity or grabbing a snack during lunch hour if you don’t have the time or funds to sit down at a restaurant or having the food delivered to your office.
Is it ASSUR to sit modestly with friends or family members at a table of an outdoor cafe??
not every one has the opportunity to sit leisurely and eat. Some people are on fast schedules and have to eat on the run.
If you want an exclusive community of only totally erhlich people, you will have to re-create the world again.
How, on a frum website, do we allow people to bash a talmud chacham? If you disagree, there is no justification to speak about the Rav so disrespectfully. He is right, and it may not be easy or convenient to listen, but since when has convenience been an excuse not to listen to a Rav? Sometimes, mitzvos put us out of our comfort zone. That is what they are supposed to do, we cannot grow if we are always in our comfort zone. And no, he should not remove his hashgacha from the fast food places. maybe they can remove outdoor tables.
Whatever else is going on, Yeshiva World News, your swebsite is a place for Torah Yidden to find news wihtout being exposed to the shmootz secular sources. Please, do not a allow a Rav, and a talmid chacham to be so degraded on your website.
The Rosh Yeshiva doesnt need me to be his spokeman. His words stand on their own merit whether you (previous commenters) understand them or not. To those questioning his remarks, please note the gemara says many times “haochel bshuk domeh likelev”. There is a proper way for people to eat and running through the streets with a slice of pizza is not one of them. Forget the questions that come up regarding bracha rishona and bracha achrona, that is another discussion altogether.
“If you want an exclusive community of only totally erhlich people,”
Ehrlich is not the word you are looking for. Civilized is more like it.
WiJew, Which comment before yours indicates a degrading of this Rav? I’ll tell you where I stand on this issue. I believe that this is not an issue between mitzvos and one’s comfort zone. It is an issue between something absurd and a reality. A Hasgacha should be taken away because of food kashurus issues, frequent insects found in the salads, or lack of supervision over the cooking. If female customers come in wearing pants or male customers without yarmulkas, or “take-out” orders resulting in those eating in the streets, that is not the Rav’s business, mine, or yours. Shame on anyone (including a Rav or a bachur) who believes an eatery livelihood should be placed in jeopardy because of such actions of the customers.
How are questions on a psak considered “bash[ing] a talmud chacham”? What’s the difference between posing questions at the bottom of an article and going over to a Rav after a shiur and asking on it? He’ll likely be able to quote gemaras, shulchan aruch, tshuvos, etc to support his opinion, but what posek can’t be asked on??? That’s not the Judaism I know.
I am not saying anyone is right or wrong, I am just voicing my opinion in support of those questioning a psak the way they would if they got the chance to ask the Rav in person.
“Is it ASSUR to sit modestly with friends or family members at a table of an outdoor cafe??”
Would you eat on your front lawn?
Florida- I think “garlic”‘s comment is quite out of line with this comment “If you want an exclusive community of only totally erhlich people, you will have to re-create the world again” To say you struggle with a mitzvah- fine- we all do. But that comment was mocking- it makes it appear as though the Rav is not “with it”, chas vashalom.