Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman announced on Monday that his Yisrael Beiteinu party will begin advancing reforms to giyur and the Kosel compromise plan next month.
The reform to giyur will allow any three municipal Rabbanim, including Tzohar rabbanim, to perform giyur. The Kosel plan will establish a permanent pluralistic prayer area at the Kosel.
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid also addressed the subject of the Kosel plan on Monday, saying at a meeting of his Yesh Atid party that he’ll do everything he can to ensure that the plan will be implemented by January.
Ironically, the pluralistic prayer area that was established by Robinson’s Arch is almost always empty. Additionally, the Reform movement long ago deleted any references to Israel as “Tzion” and to the rebuilding of the Beis Hamikdash in Jerusalem from their prayer books, rendering the Kosel completely insignificant to the movement except as a political battleground.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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“The reform to giyur will allow any three municipal Rabbanim, including Tzohar rabbanim, to perform giyur.”
What? The Israeli government is going to follow halachah??? Mashiach’s arrival is impending!!!!!
The part of the kosel under Robinson’s Arch was not a part of the bais hamikdash and the area behind it was not part of the Har Habyis. It was an extension that was added by the king Herod who was from Edom and appointed by the Romans. The arch named for Robinson originally supported a bridge going to the other side where there were stalls for people to sell things according to Josephus, and this was because it had no keduash at all. So this “kosel” set aside for reform activities is nothing more than a wall built by Herod that has no kedusha and just as importantly is not k’neged the mikdash, where the shchina still dwells. As such giving the reform what is nothing more than an old wall to pray at is essentially a joke on them.
ומלכות זדון מהרה תעקר..
yitz17, the kotel was also built by Herod the greatly expand the makom HaMikdash.
Thank God, halakha is restored
@charliehall: Could you please explain? Tzohar is viewed as invalid by the majority of modern-day rabbonim. In what way does their legitimization exhibit an adherence to halacha?
Elokim, al dami lach, al techerash v’al tishkot Keil, ki hinei oivecha yehemayun, u’m’san’echa nas’u rosh!
TIRDEFEIM B’SA’ARECHA U’VSUFAS’CHA SIVAHALEIM!
@Yashar:
He is from Riverdale. The “Open Orthodox” are from there. He must be confused by their theology.
Hall is a part of Avi Weiss’ gang.