I reject anyone calling for the closing of roads. This is not protest. This is taking violent/offensive action that damages others who are completely innocent. I unequivocally disagree with anyone who claims that this is a derech of Torah. We are taught דרכיה דרכי נועם. I understand there is a basis to protest. But this stops others from getting to work, doctors, ambulances and fire fighters. It is plainly ossur, and I do not need to ask Daas Torah such obvious things. If Rav Shmuel and his followers are angry, that is okay. But I am purely innocent and uninvolved. Why do they have the right to stop me from getting to work or to the doctor’s office? They need to find other places to protest. If their leaving the bais hamedrash for this is permissible (I’m not confident of that), then protest away. But to me מצער את הציבור is unacceptable. It is not condoned at all. Who is this Rav Karmel?
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