JERUSALEM (VINnews) — President Herzog, Foreign Minister and Alternative Prime Minister Yair Lapid and other government officials condemned Sunday the disruption by orthodox elements of a Tisha B’Av prayer service, which was held at the egalitarian “pluralistic” prayer plaza near the Western Wall used by the Conservative Movement for prayers.
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“On the day we commemorate the destruction of the Temple, a group of extremists decided to desecrate the holiness of the day and the holiness of the place and start a violent struggle at the Kotel,” Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tweeted Sunday.
“That’s the baseless hatred that led to the destruction of the Temple and our exile,” he added.
Yizhar Hess, former executive director and CEO of the Conservative Judaism Movement in Israel, also denounced Saturday’s incident as “baseless hatred.”
“They deliberately chose the evening of Tisha B’Av to incite — they are not interested in neither discourse nor compromise,” Hess told Army Radio on Sunday.
לקראת עימות ברחבה המשותפת (עזרת ישראל- כותל המשפחות) בכותל המערבי? נציגי התנועה הקונסרבטיבית שהגיעו לקינות גילו עשרות צעירים חרד״לים שבאו לומר במקום מגילת איכה והביאו עימם מחיצות הפרדה בין גברים לנשים pic.twitter.com/Tq5sTt1c4X
— ישראל כהן (@Israelcohen911) July 17, 2021
Orthodox youths bring a mechitza (partition) to the egalitarian section near the Western Wall
על אלה אני בוכייה – תלמידות אולפנה ותלמידי ישיבה מפריעים לקריאת מגילת איכה של הקהילות הקונסרבטיביות ברחבה השוויונית. מחיצה נפרסה לאורך הרחבה. צעקות וקללות ואז שירי דבקות לירושלים. כך נראית שנאת חינם בכסות של אהבת אלוהים. pic.twitter.com/wqZYZIPUPv
— גלעד קריב (@KarivGilad) July 17, 2021
Tweet from Reform MK Gilad Kariv complains about religious youth praying at egalitarian site, terming it ‘baseless hatred’
It should be noted that Conservative elements including the Women of the Wall rarely use the egalitarian plaza for prayers, preferring to hold alternative services near the women’s section of the Western Wall itself, a matter which has aroused significant orthodox opposition in the past.
The youths who disrupted the prayers came from the Liba organization which has been holding daily prayer vigils at the site to oppose current government plans to establish an official prayer pavilion which is dedicated to Reform and Conservative prayers at the Western Wall. The plans for such a pavilion, which were originally touted by the Netanyahu government in 2016, were frozen by the former prime minister due to pressure from his chareidi coalition partners, who refused any move that could be seen as legitimizing pluralistic Judaism.
Did President Herzog, Foreign Minister and Alternative Prime Minister Yair Lapid and other government officials condemn the Women of the Wall when they disrupted Orthodox prayers at the Wall?
While I can understand a difference of opinions on the tactics used to disrupt the Conservatives, it is difficult to tolerate the comments of Lapid. His lecture includes comments about the holiness of the day and that baseless hatred led to the destruction of the temple and to the present golus.
He has no connection to or belief in the “holiness” of anything in Judaism. Kashruth, Shabbos, learning Torah, are all alien to him.
He always has and continues to bash anything that observant Jews say or do.
All I want to say to him is, shut the —- up!
I might be wrong, but I thought there was an agreement that particular section was reserved for non Orthodox prayer.
If this is true, why did the Orthodox do this?
I thought the Kotel welcomed all Jews.
On Tisha B’Av – sad that using time for fighting instead of tefilios – sinas chinum instead rodof shalom v’oihaiv shalom.
We all know what contributes to churbin.
“It should be noted that Conservative elements including the Women of the Wall rarely use the egalitarian plaza for prayers, preferring to hold alternative services near the women’s section of the Western Wall itself, a matter which has aroused significant orthodox opposition in the past.”
Funny that Yair Lapid is lecturing about sinas chinam
It boils down to what makes HASHEM happy. These groups would need to prove that prayer the way they like it makes HIM happy. Where can this be found in Gemara which we base our Halacha on.
Kariv, and Lapid: The “baseless hatred” is emanating from YOUR CAMP.
You have taken upon yourselves to wipe out everything sacred…
Your day will come, and I don’t envy your front seat in Geihenom…
The dati leumi were praying there first with a large group and a mechitza.The Conservatives arrived later, so the dati leumi actually did not disrupt the” Hellenists’ ‘prayers. LIBA ,the dati leumi group, is often using the space as the Women of the Wall refuse to, and the Reform and Conservative Hellenists are very few in number in Israel ,and don’t even value the Kotel,especially the Reform ,who historically denied any importance to the Kotel,The Temple Mount and indeed to Eretz Israel.
These retards not normal human beings they don’t even like the BEIT HAMIKDASH according to them it was a racist men only avodah woman on the top floor only two weeks a month a woman can come there
What were they coming to mourn about it almost like when they read the Torah on Rosh Chodesh
What are you doing exactly
Do you hold of the ways of the BEIS HAMIKDASH or not ?
Real bums – why bother them. Do they go into Conservative or Reform synagogues in the USA and disrupt services.What happened to everyone has the right to pray as he fells right to. I hope it backfires on them.
Hey president Herzog what would you zaida a chashuva rav and talmd chahcem hold? Shame on you . You are a disgrace. The truth is maybe thats why charedi gedolim hated your zaida to. they saw what can come out of him. Women OFF the wall