Failure to sell apartments
What does the rabbi think about the ruling of the Mufti of Jerusalem that says anyone who sells apartments to Jews is sentenced to death?
Does the Rabbi see a fundamental difference between this and the prohibition against pardoning them?
In principle, no, except that the prohibition against begging does not impose the death penalty and is not enforced today, and that’s a good thing. It is true that there were rabbis who issued a call not to sell apartments to non-Jews (and I spoke out against this in the press), and they are indeed completely equivalent to the Mufti (except for the death penalty).
On Independence Day,
There is indeed a difference. While the prohibition against selling a house to a foreigner in Israel is well-established in the Talmud and the Poskim, the Mufti's prohibition has no basis in either the Quran or ancient Muslim legal literature and is a modern nationalist invention.
With greetings, Shams Razel, Qubat an-Najma
If the rabbi thinks there is no difference between the Mufti's claim and the rabbinical ruling, do you agree with Ben Gvir that this shows the hypocrisy of the media?
Don't know
Why doesn't the Rabbi support the prohibition of selling land or a house in the Land of Israel to a non-Jew?
Why is it a prohibition that is mentioned in the Gamma and in Halacha?
Which is directly related to the commandment to settle in the Land of Israel, which is considered equivalent to fulfilling all the three commandments. [See books on P.]
A person can decide for himself not to sell land or a house to a gentile. To issue such a ruling in a democratic country is a profound misunderstanding of reality. Furthermore, there is no such prohibition for a resident alien.
And as for mitzvot that are weighted, we have already found quite a few mitzvot that are weighted against the entire universe. Everyone chooses to emphasize the mitzvot that seem to him to be more important. It is needless to mention that in the Rambam, no such mitzvah appears at all.
What is missing in understanding reality when a rabbi calls on people to act according to halakha? [Beyond the issue of resident aliens] What difference does democracy make to this matter from a poor government? [Beyond the fact that a rabbi or anyone else can express themselves as they wish…]
There are situations in which every wise man understands that it is not right to act according to the original halakha (either because it has changed or because it is not right to apply these situations).
What would you say about a rabbi who called on people to demote and not to elevate Gentiles or Jews who desecrate the Sabbath? Or who taught that a husband can do whatever he wants with his wife?
Babies who were mentally captured, or we don't have the strength to attack, or different regulations throughout the generations following the rise of women's status, thing 1.
But I really don't understand and I would love to learn what I don't understand about reality. Well, in that it seems reasonable to me to call for upholding the halakha to whom not to sell? [You can rent] Certainly on a private level… What's wrong with that? The land redemptions over the last few centuries have returned us to our land?
[Maybe because it's considered racist? Is it unacceptable in the world to discriminate on this basis? Maybe, but where there is an ethnic conflict that is taking a heavy toll in Britain, for example, it is logical and acceptable that an individual from one nation will not be sold land/house in an area that belongs to the other nation… and usually the individual will not want to settle in a hostile area…
And let me tell you that we are still in a kind of struggle… with Jaffa in recent days…]
I would be very happy to be wise and understand the Rabbi's opinion.
This is a mixture of sexes. Halacha does not distinguish between conflicts and gentiles in general. It is forbidden to sell them land or a house in Israel even without a conflict. And the well-known rabbinical decree dealt with any gentile, not just Arabs. Discriminating against gentiles in general is unacceptable racism in today's world, and Halacha also has a different attitude towards a resident alien. If you want to fight against Arabs who are in conflict with you, honor them and deprive them of their citizenship (with sufficient evidence) and then you can do whatever you want to them. But not selling or renting a house to Arabs because they are Arabs, when they are citizens with equal rights, is clearly unacceptable.
By the way, in my opinion, Jaffa is not an example of an ethnic or national conflict. These people are getting involved there against the backdrop of a social conflict. But that is not the issue here.
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