Thousands of mispallelim visited the Kosel on Thursday morning, erev Rosh Chodesh Iyar.
During the morning, a very small group from the Women of the Wall organization came to the Kosel and tried to smuggle a small Sefer Torah into the plaza by hiding it in the walker of an elderly woman.
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation stated that, in addition to the violation of the law, the incident is a cynical exploitation of people with disabilities in order to create a media provocation.
“In the course of the morning, a very small group from the Women of the Wall organization acted in violation of a Supreme Court ruling and in blatant breach of the procedures in place at the Kosel plaza,” the foundation stated. “They even attempted to bring a Sefer Torah into the plaza while cynically exploiting an elderly woman who uses a walker. This act constitutes a serious violation of the kedusha of the site and the kavod of a Sefer Torah, in an attempt to create a provocation and cynically exploit people with disabilities. We view this incident with great severity and will continue to act decisively to maintain public order and the proper respect for this holy site.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Sadly, the word “Kedushoh” does not exist in their vocabulary…
I am appalled at the Chutzpah of the Feminist Women of the Wall. I am a practicing Yiddishe Neshami and I can not believe that these women want to disrupt the Kadosh Torah that is going on at this location. My Mother wanted desperately to be a feminist when I was growing up. She even took me to Princeton University to witness Kate Millet speak about feminist issues. I hereby state unequivocally that I do not curse my Mother. However, I was dismayed and horrified at the clapping and laughing and other mishigas that was going on in that non-Jewish location. A photographer snapped a picture of me and my Mother and the next day that the Princeton Town Topics printed this picture and something occurred. My eye had a not a smudge, but a black dot in it. I held onto this picture for many years, but eventually it was lost. The caption? ‘rapt attention at the Kate Millet event’. (paraphrased). Rapt attention, my foot! I was facing the camera, away from Kate Millet and was at the time contemplating how I would find a Torah Jewish Man to marry. I was facing the camera, not Kate Millet who was to my right and up on a podium. I will hereby state, I hate Jewish Feminist Women. I do not condone their improper actions in the presence of the Shechinah/H”M of All. His Torah is meant to be read by Torah Men, not, I repeat, not, I repeat, not by any Woman at all!!! Men read/Lein the Torah not Women. It is forbotten. Please know everyone attending to this post on Yeshiva World News, that I will never, not ever condone feminist women ever doing such a thing in a Synagogue/Shul/or any Temple of Yiddishkeit at all. Sincerely Torah, Dinah Devorah