Many were present for the engagement party for the daughter of the well-known mashpiah, Hagaon HaRav Elimelech Biderman, in the Boyan Hall in Bnei Brak, when police arrived late Monday night and halted the simcha, where hundreds had gathered to participate in the Simcha.
The chosson is Chaim Meir Lemberger, son of Rav Yisrael, son of the Maakva (מאקווא) Rov, and son-in-law of the Admor of Medzikov-Vishnitz. Admorim and rabbonim were among the guests at the simcha.
At about 11:30PM, police arrived and ordered halting the music due to receiving a complaint from a neighbor who lives adjacent to the hall. According to an eyewitness, the attendees tried to ignore police, resulting in a threat to confiscate the PA system, which led to the organizers halting the dancing and bringing an end to the event.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Why is this news? It was after 11 PM and they were making noise in a residential area, which they have no right to do. I would also call the police. All they do is come and tell them it’s time to shut the music. That’s the law.
The chashuvah rabbonim, admorim and askanim attending the simcha were probably pleased that the police intervened and protected them from c’v violating the law and keeping all the bochurim in attendance from waking up the following morning with a hangover and showing up late for the first seder.
The neighbors are right. Enough is enough, I don’t care what yichus you have, if you are a frum Yid you are considerate of everyone.
I hope that this report is incorrect about the attendees ignoring the police. As if last week wasn’t a big enough chillul H’ in Albany.
This news site considers it important for the olam to know because it involves a talmid chochom.
No one is above the law.
Chasidim should be the first ones to abide and follow the law after all the definition of chasid is someone that follows the law to an extreme and beyond.
If you are hosting an affair that requires the music after the accepted lawful hour you just have to look for a different hall in a different area where it is permitted by law , simple
Apart from the law, there’s an issur of gezel sheina, preventing people from sleeping, which is a more serious offense than stealing property, which can be paid back but sleep time cannot be paid back. According to this report, the police did not “shut down the simcha” by ordering people to leave, they just ordered that the offensive music be stopped. If the attendees had wanted to carry on singing without amplification they might have been able to do so.
Another instance of why a lot of the chilonim aren’t crazy about chareidim. It was a Monday night, and the neighbors have to get up to go to work/learn in the morning. So why are these people behaving without any derech eretz – and in violation of the civil law too, probably. If we want people to like us, we have to be likeable (especially in an election year).
What we wouldn’t like we’re not supposed to do to others, so maybe the group involved could do a little extra study of midos and hashkafah.
No need to comment and finger-point at these particular baalei simcha. Any simcha hall on a residential street causes the same problem, be it Israel, or anywhere else. The neighbors lose sleep. Building permits should not be given in the first place.
Just like bais faiga of Lakewood all weddings end at 11 Bec some alter kaker complained that it was too noisy. By the way with all the blasting music you could bearly hear from 10 ft outside I’m sure same thing goes on over there bunch of AKs
How about making everyone happy. Start at 6 pm and go till 10…. 4 hours for a tenaim should be enough, no?
“Party for the Daughter… (the kallah…)”…. I can really tell by the pictures.