A special letter is published tonight (Thursday) and is signed by a long line of rabbis, in protest of the honor of the Torah of Rabbi Daniel Alter, the son of the Rebbe Penny Menachem of Gur Zia, .
As you may recall, at 11 o’clock on Shavuot night, GRD Alter went down from his house on Minchat Yitzhak Street in Jerusalem, as he does every year, on his way to the Ari synagogue in the group to say Shavuot night correction, accompanied by his son and one of his students.
On his way to the beit midrash, he was brutally attacked by a Gur follower who spat at him, pushed him and shouted harsh insults at him and tried to knock him to the ground. Only with the help of one of the neighbors and a number of passers-by who were happy about the violation of the honor of the Torah did the rabbi escape in peace and continue on his way to study on Shavuot night.
The letter begins with a summary of the event: Rabbi Daniel Chaim Alter Shlita, son of the Rebbe of the “Peni Menachem” Zatzokallah, Rosh Yeshiva of the “Peni Menachem” for Amali Torah in the “Jerusalem”, and Rabbi Devihamd “Ari of the group”.
The rabbis continue: Whose hand was stretched out narrowly, evil to strike with a fist in raising their hand to despise and disgrace in disgust in the sanctuaries of Israel, the faces of priests did not bear and elders did not pardon, in severe and terrible contempt of the Torah and its disciples, so-called
Towards the end of their letter, the rabbis explain why they decided to protest: And here is an explanation (BM Pad 🙂 Vigorous for humiliating a wise student and for raising a hand and whitening the face of his friend in public, and for those who have done so to return immediately with a complete answer and ask forgiveness for atonement for their grave sin. “
The rabbis end their letter with: The shocked and astonished, who sign with tears and heartache and open protest in honor of the Torah. “
The letter is signed: (The names of the rabbis in the order of the first and second) Rabbi Shalom in the Av Beit Din, Dayan and Motz Rabbi Chaim Aharon Blaier, Rabbi of the Damanachat Yitzchak Teaching House and the surrounding area. Rabbi Nissim Ze’ev, Rabbi of the Elementary Torah Synagogue. Rabbi Nehemiah Zeida, rabbi and influencer in the Beit Midrash Vizhnitz Minchat Yitzchak. Rabbi Shmuel Hillel HaCohen Notis, head of the Beit Mordechai Kollel. Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Farhand, Rosh Kollel Ohel Moshe – Divrei Moshe. Rabbi Ben Zion HaCohen Kook, Rabbi KK Avi Ezri Petach Tikva and head of the Central Teaching House in Jerusalem. Rabbi Dov Barish Rosenberg, Dayan and Motz at the Ahavat Torah teaching center by KK Sanz. Rabbi Menashe Israel Reisman, Magid Misharim and Magash at Beit Yehoshua. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Rapaport, Dayan and Motz in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak.