I saw that one rabbi who spoke out in favor of Walder is now saying that it’s forbidden to participate in the race in Hebron because men and Arabs also run there (yes, actual Arabs, verified ?% literally so), and they might peek at the runners…

So that’s absolutely terrible.
Is Walder a commandment?
I don’t understand him.

*men also run there.
And Arabs might peek…
Is Walder a commandment?

With God’s help, New Moon of Sivan 5782

To the simple one — greetings,

Rabbi Aviner (“10 Points on the Chaim Walder Affair”) holds that the testimonies were not sufficiently clarified, because they were received not in the presence of the accused, and he was not given an opportunity for a hearing and “cross-examination.”

In his opinion, this also should not be seen as “an unceasing rumor,” because Walder has many enemies [as is known, Walder was disliked in modern-Haredi circles because of his “conservatism,” and in “conservative-Haredi” circles because of his modernity. See his entry on Wikipedia].

I pointed to the words of the rabbis leaning right and leaning left on the issue, and mentioned several arguments this way and that in my comments on “Column 439: On Emotions in Discourse, in Light of the Chaim Walder Affair”; see there.

With blessings,
Hasdai Shraga Feivish Lichtman

Haha, there were people there who explained that it was a plot…
All right then, why are they accusing him?

Because a few years ago one of his articles was against Aharon Barak…
Nebekh.

There are people who think that way, and instead of giving them pills, they’re rabbis…