Entries Tagged as 'Kosel'

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Rav Elyashiv Paskens Not to Visit Kosel on Shabbos Because of Cameras

According to sources close to Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the posek mhador has
ruled that that Yidden should not visit the Kosel on Shabbos due to security
cameras placed at the site, causing chillul Shabbos. The sources say that Rav
Elyashiv holds that Yidden may not walk in the Old City due to automatic shots
of passersby taken by […]

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Filed under Eretz Hakodesh, Kosel, Rav Elyashiv, halacha

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

25,000 ‘Kiddish Kits’ Prepared For Kosel Visitors on Shavuos

“Kollel Chabad will this year, as in past years, distribute mezonos and drink to thousands and thousands of visitors to the Kosel on Shavuos. There will also be a kedusha rabba following neitz shacris. Immediately following neitz shachris at the Kosel, the large promenade area is converted to host the kedusha rabba, seeking to permit […]

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Filed under Jerusalem, Kosel, Shavuot, chabad