The Meah Shearim community views Wednesday’s court decision as a significant victory as the state was seeking to have the Meah Shearim mom separated from her children.
The Supreme Court today overturned a ruling of the Jerusalem District Court which ordered the mother and her children to leave Meah Shearim, with the lower court complying with a request from the state.
Delivering an additional blow to the prosecution, Justice Eliezer Danziger stated the mother does not require round-the-clock supervision as the lower court ruled. The court ruled the mother is not a threat to her children, contradicting the state and district court. Justice Danziger sufficed with the women in the community keeping an eye on her.
Interestingly, the court’s ruling was in response to the state’s petition, seeking to distance mom from the children, unwilling to accept the lower court’s ruling to distance her from Meah Shearim, but permitting her to remain with the children under round-the-clock supervision.
The state’s petition backfired completely. Attorneys David Levy and Reuven Bar-Chaim did not hide their joy over the major victory, which delivered a serious blow to the prosecution, adding “the wheels of justice may turn slowly, but they are working”.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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This is good news, but the children come first and it should be beyond a reasonable doubt that there is anything compromising the children’s well-being. It is better to err on the side of caution, in my opinion, and have some sort of supervision for the time being.
וקרקני רשעים אגדע תרוממנה קרנות צדיק
הודו לה- כי טוב!!!!! The best news printed in months. May Yente bas Yocheved finally have relief and may she enjoy raising her beautiful children in peace! And may all you people who write such degrading and stupid comments on a situation you know nothing about, who choose to believe the sensationalist news broadcasting which comes from who knows where, may you all sit down for five minutes a day (including YS) and learn the halachos of “guard your tongue.”
So, #1, you have reviewed all the evidence and come to the conclusion that the judge isn’t cautious enough. Veryinteresting indeed. Erring on the side of caution here means subjecting this devoted mither (I know her personally) to a SW sitting on her head for 9 hours every day, with every strict word or well-earned little potch being reported to the authoritis as child abuse. Let me see you or your wife subjected to this kind of “caution”.
what about the baby??
#1, beware lest you chas v’sholom taste from the bitter cup, don’t think you’re being ‘open minded’ and ‘enlightened’ with your comments.
It is importtant that you, nos. 3 and 4, keep writing in order to defend this woman from these foolish and hasty comments. Most of the writers have no idea what goes on in this country. I am shocked at their total inability to understand the nissionos which those who live here face, and inspite of all that, they hastily reply and criticize. I never cease to wonder.
For all those that think this is a zionist conspiracy against chareidim.. Did one ever think that maybe something some chareidim did could have turned them off so badly?
There are those that say that those that go off the derech do not do so b/c of hatred of religion , they do so because of how they were treated and religion is the easiest target.
Some food for thought when you attack those “evil zionists” from 1948.. who for some reason you think still have baring on this case..
Oh and #7- I live in EY also.. and I don’t think the way you do.
While there might be things wrong with this case. I think that when it became a “blood libel” it only made it worse for her.
also, there are chareidim on the side of the hospital. not to mention a woman who also had her child in the ward who saw things.. Not that I am saying she is guilty but I don’t think she is entirely innocent either.
Have you kid-loving people thought what it would mean for children to live with a stranger in their home overseeing their beloved mother? Aren’t you worried about the effects of the trauma they’re going through, not knowing whether they’ll see their mom tomorrow? Aren’t you worried about the effects of the trauma little Chaimke is going through being away from his mom for so long? You already know that they love her to pieces, that they all cry for her when she’s torn from them, and jump all over her when she comes home. Have you no Jewish heart?
#10 – this woman didn’t want to see her child when she had the chance.. How does THAT affect a child when his mother doesn’t want to see him?
For the umpteenth time, she acted per instructions of veteran askonim who know how to deal with these reshaim better than any frumimaof3. They assumed, probably rightly so, that the SW will pounce on the slightest glitch on Yenty’s part as another piece of “evidence” against her. Imagine Chaimke letting out his frustration on mom for having “abandoned” him, as any healthy, well-loved toddler is apt to do when he comes home after his mom’s vacation or recuperatiion after childbirth. What would you and other anti-chareidim have said THEN? That she surely abused him, right?
Stop calling these ppl reshaim..and stop calling others that disagree with you anti chareidi!! it’s because of ppl like you that call them reshaim that they are like this in the first place..
Chances are that secular zionisim started from feeling sweltered by ppl like YOU who call them reshaim..
I don’t know why the askanim told her to do that b/c the fact that she didn’t want to see her son is probably going to be held against her too!
Also, what you said makes no sense.. There is no way that they can prove what she says unless there is a recorder..
And you stop judging ehrliche yidden unfavorably and frei Jews favorably. And learn some hilchos shmiras halashon while you’re at it, b/c this is the exact opposite of what halacha requires og us.
Well, frumimaof3 don’t be upset for being called an anti chareidi when you clearly come across that way.
You only find excuses for the secular community, but you don’t even try to apply the same rules to the chareidi community. If an extreme behavior from a counterpart is a good excuse for one side it should be the same for the other.
Now, while an extreme behavior by a chareidi in form of self-defense (of there own well-being and religion) is legitimate (as it was and is well accepted in the world, for people seeking freedom); however extreme behavior by the media to offend (an accused person and the whole community) and the malpractice cover-up by the hospital, as well as extreme behavior by police department (the way they treated a so-called accused sick pregnant woman) has no excuse.
And it is not the chareidi community’s fault that they don’t have midos.
How does anyone really know what it going on? Protect the children until we know what is going on. If we dont take any chances to protect the kids (until it is settled), she could be innocent and it would all be a mistake, or if she was guilty- they just saved the kid’s lives. Or, if you would rather let the mother be with her children, if she was innocent, ok, if she was guilty- could those who allowed her be guilty (civil or min hashamayim) of murder, attempted murder or assisting a murder?
havesomeseichel, please read my comment to #1 (#4).