Ahead of Purim, the city’s Rabbanim issued an unprecedented p’sak calling on residents to combine the simcha of the Yom Tov with heightened caution due to the war.
HaGaon HaRav Chaim Yitzchak Isaac Landau, HaGaon HaRav Shevach Tzvi Rosenblatt, and HaGaon HaRav Masoud Ben Shimon published a special letter to city residents entitled “????? ?????? ?? ????,” emphasizing that despite the many open nissim seen in the city since the war began, residents are mechuyav to heed the guidance of security authorities.
Regarding Kriyas HaMegillah, the Rabbanim paskened that “in every place of gathering for tefillah and Kriyas HaMegillah, the location of the nearest protected space must be identified in advance. If a siren is heard in the middle of Kriyah, it must be stopped immediately, and everyone must enter a protected area. The Kriyah should resume afterward from the point where it was interrupted.”
“Gatherings for the Seudas Purim should be limited to individual families as much as possible, and participants should be informed of the location of a protected space in case of sirens.”
“It should be arranged in advance that a responsible person in the family will refrain from drinking to the point of intoxication and will take responsibility for the participants to act appropriately in case of an emergency, such as entering a protected space.
“If chas v’chalilah, there is a missile fall or damage, the area should be cleared for professionals to tend to the area, and no one should touch missile parts or approach impact sites due to the serious danger involved.”
The Rabbanim concluded their message with a tefillah for yeshuah. “?? ???? ????? ???????? ????? ????? ?????? ?????, ????? ??? ????? ??????? ????? ????”.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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5 Responses
Is there a hiddush? Even if you are in a bomb shelter you can’t do megillah if the siren is so loud you can’t hear megillah, and of course you get out of the way if you are in danger of being bombed. And if you need to drive after a seudah that includes alcohol, of course you need a designated driver even if it isn’t Purim.
Maybe they should outlaw drinking more than one cup.
It is unfortunate that Jews may be forced to interrupt the Megillah reading for a few minutes due to the Islamic savages attacking Israel.
However we can still be thankful we do not live in the time of the Rambam when the Rambam was forced to write his “Epistle on Martyrdom” for the benefit of Jews who were forced by Islamic savages to either recite (paraphrased) “allah is a false god and Mohamed is a false prophet”, or else face beheading.
In our time, Baruch Hashem, Islamic savages cannot force Jews to accept their false, barbaric, Satanic, bloodthirsty religion.
Rather in this amazing time of the “tekufah hagadolah”, the IDF with the help of Hashem is able to reign mighty death blows on the Islamic savages such as they have never experienced in their history.
It has long been said that while Rav Chaim ztl was alive, Bnei Brak never received a misleading attack. Where is bnei brak today? Time for bneibrak to assess where it is headed.
Why not eliminate drinking?. Period. Very strange letter. At this stage, I am no longer surprised by what is issued in these letters, kol Korehs, etc.