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 […]
“US Ambassador to Israel James B. Cunningham paid a visit, along with Alex Daniels director of the American Cultural Center, and an entourage, to the home of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlit”a following a request by the Ambassador to hear Rav Elyashiv’’s remarks on the state of Israel and the needs of the chareidi community. […]
“The status quo agreement that Rav Elyashiv referred to was established between Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, and the religious parties, at the time of the declaration of independence in 1948. One of the key points of the agreement is that the Chief Rabbinate has authority over issuing kashrus certification, Shabbos, kevurah and marital […]
“Under the title “There is another way”, the committee rabbis – operating under the authority of the greatest sages of Israel, including Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, Hasidic leaders, as well as Shas’ spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, whose son Yitzhak Yosef is a member of the committee – stated that “the […]
Photo:Controversial vocalist Lipa Schmeltzer canceled a concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden following a meeting with Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv.
Musicians who use rock, rap, reggae and trance influences will not receive rabbinic approval for their CDs, nor will they be allowed to play in wedding halls under haredi kosher food supervision, according to a […]
Haredi rabbis call for renewing Temple Mount ban
Israel’s leading ultra-Orthodox rabbis are waging a new offensive against Jews visiting Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Rabbis Shalom Elyashiv, Chaim Kanievsky and Ovadia Yosef sent a letter recently to Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich, the overseer of holy places in the Western Wall complex, urging him to reiterate the religious decree […]
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef : “Conversion Courts are too stringent”
“The Talmud (Sanhedrin 99-100) relates that the patriarch Abraham rejected Timna, who wished to become his concubine. Instead, Timna married Eliphaz, Abraham’s great-grandson through Esau, and gave birth to Amalek, the Jewish people’s archenemy.” Jpost
The controversy surrounding the giyur beis din headed by Rav Chaim Druckman […]
The second poster was published solely in Elyashiv’s name, and said: “As I have already stated, as long as the heart (of the prospective organ donor) is still pumping blood, even in the case of ‘brain death,’ it is not permitted to remove any organ from the patient.” Ynet
