Hgr"y Yosef: "the religious judges must switch to kosher devices"

"All dayanim must use only kosher phones," Rishon Lezion Hgr"y Yosef stated last night (Motzei Shabbos ) by satellite.

So too Hgr"y spoke about the new rule at the Mir Yeshiva: "We have to cut, everyone should put their mobile devices in a closet, from nine until one in the afternoon, so there would be no access to them." He said at his regular satellite shiur.

Hgr"y began his speech sharply criticizing rabbis or religious judges , who have mobile devices that are not acceptable and called immediately to convert to devices which are acceptable .

"A dayan must not have a non kosher phone, since many casualties dropped . There is a good kind of kosher phones today. I do not speak about a non-kosher as iPhone. But not only employees should do, but much more theeligious judges! They give an example, we see them everywhere.

"I have never had nor will I ever have a mobile device ," stated Hgr"y, "not kosher and non-kosher , because only bitul Torah comes out of it . I saw an avrech who runs out in middle of the study several times. I asked him what happened. I replied, 'My wife is nine months pregnant, I need to know what happens if it's not the time of birth . Interesting, but in our time and in our ancestors, the women gave birth and we discussed the Torah without disturbance and everything was fine. "
"So," concluded Hgr"y , " I suggest to make an order at yeshivot and Kollels, there will be a box in which one places the devices , ranging from nine to one . No phone! How our ancestors grew up without a phone? Even yeshiva students can do that nowadays. "

Hgr"y surprised when told that he announced during a conference last rabbinical judges , none of whom will use instruments that are not acceptable and met with resistance :

"As I said at the rabbinical judges no one would dare to use the device that is not kosher, they told me it was a problem because they do not have a budget. It's odd to have a budget hotel, and the device does not have the budget?

"MK Rabbi Nissim Zeev will find them a budget. A dayan is forbidden to work at the Beis Din, and all those who serve the public, to hang out with a non- kosher phone. They are an example for others and must be extra careful. Need to strengthen it during this time. "

Recall Hgra"i Finkel ordered Mir yeshiva students that do not use mobile devices during the learning procedures. Recent days, also installed special cabinets including tiny cells for the purpose of storage devices during learning times. Anyone who is interested will get the key from the Secretariat and can put the device in the intended cell.

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