Tefillin Stand Shut Down, Again
Municipal inspectors on Erev Shabbos Parshas Noach shut down a Chabad Tefillin booth in Ramat Aviv, threatening failure to close would result in a fine. The Shliach, Rabbi Yehuda Lipsh, working the booth was told since he did not have a permit, he would have to shut it down or receive a fine • Full Story
Municipal inspectors on Erev Shabbos Parshas Noach shut down a Chabad Tefillin booth in Ramat Aviv, threatening failure to close would result in a fine. The Shliach, Rabbi Yehuda Lipsh, working the booth was told since he did not have a permit, he would have to shut it down or receive a fine.
For many years, Chabad men have set up stands all over Israel, including Ben Gurion airport as well as in many other countries, offering to help Jewish men put on tefillin if they so wish. On Friday, an inspector from the Tel Aviv municipality told a Chabad rabbi to close down his tefillin booth in Tel Aviv’s Ramat Aviv neighborhood because he did not possess a permit. The inspector warned that the rabbi would receive a heavy fine should he refuse to do so.
In September, a Chabad rabbi was slapped with a NIS 736 ($209) fine from Herziliya city municipal inspectors for offering passersby the opportunity to put on tefillin, causing national furor.
Agudas Chasidei Chabad, the umbrella organization for Chabad emissaries had said that “it’s hard to believe that out of all the places around the globe where Chabad emissaries help Jews put on tefillin and connect to their parents’ tradition, only in Israel will a person be fined or brought to court for it. Not in New York, not in Moscow’s Red Square, not in London or at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Only in Herzliya, a city in Israel.”
The Tel Aviv municipality has not responded to Friday’s incident in Ramat Aviv.
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