http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/109737/stepped-up-security-for-rav-ovadia.html Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.9 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/109737/stepped-up-security-for-rav-ovadia.html#comment-239545 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:30:07 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=109737#comment-239545 Curious what kind of metal detectors they mattired for use that would include being used on Shabbos. The story goes (though not heard first-hand) that in Kehilath Jeshurun, which is considered pretty modern, when high-profile guests would come on Shabbos, they were choshesh for stationary metal detectors, which they held would be a problem when actively walking through on Shabbos, and were mattir only hand-held wands, held by non-Jews, where the person scanned would be completely passive. Factors here that might make the metzius different, could include a specific threat of pikuach nefesh, being in EY – affecting the availability of non-Jews who could do the job, or of anyone who could be there all the time, and having a system that is up all week. They could also change the method for Shabbos. Considering they’re protecting a posek, I assume he would be the one to pasken.

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