Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Yom Kippur Davened Kol Nidrei in Beis Knesset Yad Tamir, a chareidi shul on HaAri Street in the Rechavia area of Jerusalem. The shul is close to the official Prime Minister’s Residence, facilitating matters for security personnel and thereby minimizing the Chilul Yomtov surrounding security arrangements for him.
When the gabbaim were asked about accommodating the Prime Minister, they too had a number of requests towards minimizing Chilul Yomtov. These demands included that the tent used to block the public from seeing the Prime Minister exit and enter his vehicle remain in place until motzei Yom Kippur, and not to remove it following davening at night since Mr. Netanyahu did not return to that shul on Yom Kippur during the day.
Kikar Shabbos News explains the gabbai consulted with HaGaon HaRav Yosef Efrati to determine how the shul should act regarding the Prime Minister’s arrival for Kol Nidrei.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Better solution – make a minyan in the PM’s residence.
Did they give him any kibudim on Kol Nidre night?
What about Yom Kippur day?
Come on YJN! These things are important!
To RichardM.
Are you serious?? This was a political stunt. They easily could have made a minyan at the PM’s residence and there are also conservative shuls within easy driving distance once they were going to shlep him around in a motorcade. He doesn’t wear a kipa, eats treifus, is mechallel Shabbos and was “too busy” to come to the davening on Yom Kippur day. These political stunts and “photo ops” are not important. however, the shul felt it was important to pay back the PM for his recent support of Chareidi priorities so they were complicit in his mechallel Shabbos and Yom tov.
To GodolHador amazing conspiracy theory. Do you also believe the mossad is behind 9-11.
to Gadolhadorah:
I don’t think you live here in Israel, but do you know that in Tel Aviv no one used their personal automobiles on Yom Kippur? Do you know that secular Israelis DO come to shul on Yom Kippur?
Before you give your opinion, it would be worthwhile to open your eyes and see how the other half lives and not just assume.
The PM, like most non-observant Israelis does his small bit of observing in his personal manner.
GadolHatorah – which Yuntif did we just finish??
I don’t know what is driving certain posters and their faux religious arguments, but for the record I will make my remarks short.
The famed Yom Kippur war was on – ehm – Shabbos Yom Kippur (just like this year) – so maybe there could be national matters that requires attention on such a day.
The Prime Minister’s residence was besieged by so-called Reform/Conservative Jews and most probably would be even more so if holding services there.
Seeing as I was taught in cheder that any Kol Nidrei without sinners present is somewhat sterile (every bother to actually listen to the Ashkenaz minhag introduction lines to Kol Nidrei?), one wonders how anyone can complain (and what the complaint indicates about the complainer) that an alleged sinner was present and that allegedly such presence merely enhances the alleged sinners sinning.
And so forth.
@Gadolhadorah he may not be frum but he’s a G-d fearing Jew and would never set foot in a conservative synagogue.
my comments were entirely focused on the “optics” of this event, not whether or not Bibi should have gone to davening…making this into some kind of “event” at the same time he is taking actions to create dissension in among yidden in EY and the U.S. is what I find offensive. Its not a question of his own hashkafah….its a matter of the sinas chinam that is fanned by his actions in terms of political opportunism with the religious parties in the coalition.
P.S. I am frum and yes, I have stepped foot in more than one conservative shul for simchas of friends and family.