Q&A: "Corona" – Closing Synagogues on Yom Kippur
"Corona" – Closing Synagogues on Yom Kippur
Question
Hello Rabbi,
What is the Rabbi’s opinion regarding closing synagogues on Yom Kippur because of the "corona"? My dear neighbor, David Yosef, is an enthusiastic supporter of the move. I’m really amazed that he is the only righteous man in Sodom?
Regards, Benjamin
Answer
I have no position. This is a question for professionals and for general policy. Discussing synagogues in isolation from the overall policy makes no sense.
Discussion on Answer
A.,
Tell me, how old are you?
To A' – Hello,
B.G. said elsewhere that he became Haredi at age 17 (in a yeshiva in Kiryat Malakhi, and he was deeply immersed in Haredi life for about 20 years until he "got free" of it) — so he is more than 37.
Regards, Shatz
Though someone rightly noted that his obsession with denouncing the Haredim and lashing out at them nonstop shows that Haredi society occupies him 24/7 🙂
A..
26 years old, why?
Dear Shatz, the precise definition is: "a fall into Haredi society," not "becoming Haredi" — any connection with Haredi society is a "fall"!
With God's help, eve of Yom Kippur 5781
To B.G. – Hello,
And according to your words, it would seem that the messiah will be Haredi, for our Sages called him "son of the fallen" 🙂 And reason suggests that only someone who strives to rise is called "fallen," and by human nature a person has ups and downs.
What distinguishes the righteous person is that "a righteous man falls seven times and rises." Even if, God forbid, he has fallen, he does not despair, and he tries to rise from his fall and return to the path of ascent without giving up.
And after many falls of pain, there is also a fall of joy, like Joseph falling on the neck of his brothers and on the neck of his father after many years of separation.
Regards, Shatz
Dear Shatz, a fall into Haredi society is a fall from which there is no recovery, since it is not included in the count of "a righteous man falls seven times and rises"; that is, a person does not fall into Haredi society unless he has already fallen "seven" times before it and lost his mental balance. This is a fall into a great abyss, where the moment you reach the bottom you feel that same sensation as Alice in "Wonderland"…
To Benjamin it was said –
From your words — "a person does not fall into Haredi society unless he has already fallen 'seven' times before it and lost his mental balance" — it would seemingly follow that if you had balanced your soul before entering the world of Torah, then the Torah would have elevated you, as it says: "If one merits it, it becomes for him an elixir of life."
Indeed, there is a connection between inner balance and the ability to listen to another. And a person needs balance and listening in every society in which he finds himself!
Regards, Shatz
What, Dudi is your neighbor? Send him my regards from the student of the megalomaniac Rubi Elbaz.