Recently, it was widely reported that Ben Shapiro and others travelled to and entered he Temple Mount. While the sentiment that lies behind his action is certainly admirable in that he wishes to ensure Jewish sovoreignty over har habayis, the action itself lies in stark contrast to the position of the great poskim of the generation, Rav Edelstein shlita, Rav Elyashiv zatzal, Rav Chaim zatzal, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt”l, and so many others. What follows is a halachic analysis of why we should not, at this point, be praying on the Har Habayis. The author feels bad because Ben Shapiro is someone that the author admires greatly.
Fast forward 200 years:" the King of Israel has started construction on the temple in Jerusalem. Ultra Orthodox Jews protest"
ReplyDeleteThis is classic Modern Chareidi(tm) psak - "All poskim agree..." because those poskim who don't are either ignored, denied status as poskim or explained away as talking about something else. Rav Bleich does this too. It's a shameful oversimplification of halakhah.
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