Clarification: Aguch Did Not Violate Simchas Torah In Ongoing 770 Case
At the beginning of the week, we published here a serious claim that the lawyers representing Aguch in the ongoing 770 case turned to the court in the middle Simchas Torah, and filed a lawsuit for the eviction of the Gabbaim while desecrating Yom Tov by the Jewish lawyer representing them • Full Story
By Chabadinfo
At the beginning of the week, we published here a serious claim that the lawyers representing Aguch in the ongoing 770 case turned to the court in the middle Simchas Torah, and filed a lawsuit for the eviction of the Gabbaim while desecrating Yom Tov by the Jewish lawyer representing them. Now, after the lawyers have clarified the details, it turns out that the claim is untrue, and that no holiday was desecrated by the plaintiffs. As a result, we removed the article and express regret for that.
As mentioned, at the beginning of the week we published here the serious allegation that Aguch’s lawyers turned to the court in the middle of Simchas Torah, and filed a lawsuit for the eviction of the Gabbaim, while desecrating the Yom Tov by the Jewish lawyer representing them.
The lawyer representing the Gabbaim and Mispaalim, Mr. Edward Rudofsky, sent a letter to the Aguch’s lawyers, in which he wrote that he was contacting them regarding the filing of the lawsuit during Simchas Torah, with the demand for eviction orders. “The Gabbaim have asked me to express to you their outrage that Agudas and Merkos would seek to take advantage of the holy and auspicious day of Simchas Torah. when all parties were celebrating in the synagogue, by filing papers seeking to evict the Gabbaim (and others) from the Lubavitcher Shul. Not only was this filing incompatible with the observance and the significance of the day and could have surely waited until after the Holiday, but it was also completely unnecessary, since the proceedings had already been stayed.”
The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Mr. David Abramson, responded to this and explained in a letter that the accusations were false. and that in fact the request was made on Erev Yom Tov, but the Appellate court clerk was the one who received it the following day—during Yom Tov, and therefore the date appearing on the request is Simchas Torah, while the request itself was made the day before.
Following the clarification, Attorney Rudofsky responded and wrote that “In response to my letter of earlier today, that the Warrant Requisitions were submitted to the Marshal prior to the stay being issued by the Appellate Term and, therefore, prior to Simchas Torah, and that they were e-filed by the Marshal on Simchas Torah, and not by Adina Glass as stated on the e-filing notices received.”
“Under the circumstances as you have explained them, my letter is withdrawn, as requested,” Rudofsky added.
Attorney Rudofsky’s complaint letter
Attorney Abramson’s refutation letter
Advocate Rudofsky’s response letter
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This doesn’t explain why they filed this erev yom tov, if anything they knew it would take a day and would be released on yt, so it seems the only purpose here is propaganda and divisiveness.
there’s a detail in Aguch’s letter that is omitted, that of a lawyer on behalf of the Gabboim sending things to the court on shemini atzeres
On Chol Hamoed is allowed?