Yeobum
Is there any binding force to the Chief Rabbinate’s regulation not to be used in our day?
Of course not. Why would a regulation of a corrupt institution of state officials be valid? Are the regulations of the gang of street cats in my neighborhood valid?
Sorry for the question, but was the answer written seriously or humorously?
Even if there are allegations of wasting resources, appointing close associates, etc., the regulations themselves were accepted by Torah scholars.
Even during the Second Temple period, when we appointed high priests who were not at all worthy, I assume we would have been interested in donating half a shekel for the purpose of Yom Kippur work.
I don't know any big rabbis there. Maybe by chance there is someone like that there. But there are even bigger rabbis outside the rabbinate and they still don't have the authority to amend regulations. So of course this collection of miserable officials doesn't have such authority. The fact that the state decided to appoint a few officials who are of no interest to anyone doesn't make them rabbis of the public. Rabbis are hardly misleading.
Perhaps in the previous generation, there were real Torah scholars living there,
great religious divisive figures, and even ultra-Orthodox people saw them as an authority,
perhaps they even accepted them as such,
and especially for this regulation, which had no public opposition from rabbis outside the rabbinate,
perhaps there is some weight to that regulation?
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