I know it’s not the popular view, but the idea that ‘there is no reason a person should have his cell phone on in shul’ is so wrong! Who is the one that decided that cell phones are more bothersome than having children run around in shul??? A newlywed, who’s wife is pregnant and in labor, is he an exception? A Rabbi who needs to be available to answer sheilos, is he an exception? A mashgiach who must be available for kashrus reasons… is he an exception? I can find many many exceptions… I still feel that those exceptional people should put their phones on viabrate mode, but I am firmly against the posting of ‘no cell phones allowed’ on shuls, and I feel it is against halacha. I know many Rabbanim who have cell phones in shul and many shuls that have hard wired phones inside the Bais HaMedrash for people to use… how can it be prohibited? Answer is… it’s not.
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