Abolition of the Sages’ Rule on Shabbat
Hello Rabbi Michael Avraham. With your permission, 2 questions:
1. When you wrote in your article about changing the regulations of the Sages, you spoke of regulations that cause harm because of “hokha and italola” – but to whom does this cause laughter and ridicule? To the people who do not see themselves as obligated to observe the Halacha, or the people who are not part of the covenant of the Jewish people with God?
2. In order for us to be able to repeal the sages’ regulation prohibiting clapping and drumming on Shabbat, can it be repealed even without a by-law in our day and age because it can cause a chokha and italula? (It sounds strange to say that we would prohibit this only because there is a possibility that it would cause us to repair a musical instrument.) The reason for the regulation is spelled out in the regulation itself, which further strengthens the possibility of repealing the regulation.
Thank you in advance.
Hello Shlomo.
- I wrote in my comments that blasphemy is also against those who are committed to Halacha (like me). I responded to this in the talkbacks to the post itself (why didn’t you write the comments there?)
- Absolutely. And we see that many poskim have indeed annulled this. This is a clear example of changing regulations contrary to the rules. In my article, I argued that there are poskim who wrote that when the reason for the regulation is mentioned in the regulation, there is permission to annul it with a change in circumstances (it will not be read in the light of the candle, lest it be changed). This is mentioned in Szczypansky, Regulations in Israel, at the beginning of volume 1.
The rabbi asked Shlomo why he didn't write his comment on Talkback to the post itself.
I wanted to inform the rabbi that there are certain Haredi blocks that allow access to your site (probably by mistake…), and even writing questions, but do not allow writing comments.
This may have been Shlomo's problem.
In the past I used such a block, recently I have been using the services of another company.
Servants are like sons, there is no separation…
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