Reading of the Megillah in Ramat Beit Shemesh IV: Following the ruling of the Haredi community in Badatz, according to which the residents should celebrate Purim only on the 14th, despite the archeological discoveries and the ruling of Gram Bransdorfer – the rabbis of Belza also ordered that the residents should celebrate only on the 14th
Rabbis and Dayani Belza have published a letter in which they decide that the residents of Level 4 in Beit Shemesh will celebrate the holiday of Purim on the 14th of Adar only.
Behadrei Haredim has learned that the Balazi rabbis conducted an investigation into the matter as part of the heated halakhic controversy created following archaeological discoveries and following a ruling published in recent days that some residents of Ramat Beit Shemesh should celebrate Purim both on the 14th and 15th of Tu.
After the halakhic examination they performed, the rabbis issued a special letter in which they ruled that the residents of Level 4 in Beit Shemesh should celebrate the holiday of Purim only on the second day of Adar.
In a ruling, they noted that during the stay of the Maharajah from Belza ZIA in Tel Aviv, he used to celebrate the holiday of Purim only on the fourteenth day, even though the city is close to Jaffa “which is doubtless surrounded by a wall.” The rabbis wrote, “especially since in Beit Shemesh there are many doubts as to whether it was surrounded by a wall and there are no authorized sources about it.”
As you may recall, last Thursday it was reported in Behadrei Haredim that the controversy over the reading of the Megillah in Ramat Beit Shemesh IV, which caused a great stir in the Torah and Halacha halls, came to an end with a special letter from the rabbis of Beit Shemesh and the Badatz headed by Rabbi Sternbuch. .
The whole controversy over the reading of the Megillah in Ramat Beit Shemesh IV arose this year after new buildings were added in the Ramat Beit Shemesh D. neighborhood that connect the neighborhood to the Horbat Tel Yarmot area, which according to archaeologists this ruin is the ancient city of Yarmot mentioned in the Bible as a walled city. Joshua Ben Non.
Following the connection of the Ramat Beit Shemesh D neighborhood to the Horbat Tel Yarmot area, which is attributed to the ancient city of Yarmot, a weighty halakhic question arose as to whether it should be read in Ramat Beit Shemesh D on Tu, or whether it should be read in BID as it has been until now.
Many letters and articles have been published on the subject here and there, and tours of important rabbis have also been held at the Yarmot site, including that of Rabbi Moshe Brandsdorfer, Rabbi of the Hall of Teaching, who remained in a single position as first published in Behadrei Haredim.
After lengthy discussions and a hearing of all parties in the Badatz bureau of the Haredi community in Jerusalem, the decision was made in the Badatz letter with the signature of Rabbi Rabbi Sternbuch that Purim should be practiced in Ramat Beit Shemesh IV only on the 14th.
The letter was written briefly without reasons, but the Rabbi noted in the margins of the letter that he wrote a detailed answer regarding the reasons for the ruling, and the answer letter will be published in the coming days.