failedmessiah has the psak...
M. Shapiro has a relevant article in today's Jewish Week.
Shalom Rabbi,
Hope you and your family are doing well. If you're not too busy working on conversion-crisis-related posts, I was wondering if you could share how (if?) the way in which you relate to YH in general, and/or your stance on the Hallel issue specifically, has evolved since making aliya? Just curious after rereading some of your older posts on the topic.
Chag Sameach.
And why do people say Hallel today (Yom Ha'atzma'ut observed) rather than on 5 Iyar? I can understand moving the public celebrations off of Shabbat, but that shouldn't affect the liturgy (assuming one makes liturgical changes for Yom Ha'atzma'ut). Purim Meshulash is a good parallel: even though most of the Purim observances are moved to Friday or Sunday, Al Hanisim is still said on Shabbat, 15 Adar.
btw, just curious: do the rabbanut beit dins generally write and release decisions as the secular courts do? are they easily accessible? are they generally coherent?
Shmilda - the answer is yes. some decisions are available on line to the public http://www.rbc.gov.il/judgements...ments/
index.asp
many decisions are published in the piskei din rabbaniim, much as supreme court decisions are published in piskei din yisraeliim and the district court decisions are published iin piskei din mechoziim. In addition various "non-published" decisions are released for publications and picked up by legal databases such as Nevo much as civil court decisions are.
BZ - I agree. The flexibility with the date (esp. with Hallel) is completely unprecedented in Jewish holidays.
Shmilda - yes, somewhat, yes.
i don't see why, if the Rabbanut is inventing the holiday, they can't invent it with a dehhiya rule encoded in it.
i don't see why, if the Rabbanut is inventing the holiday, they can't invent it with a dehhiya rule encoded in it.
But it doesn't seem like that's how it happened, at least not all at once. If I recall correctly, the rule about moving Yom Ha'atzma'ut to Tuesday if it falls on Monday (so that Yom Hazikaron won't start on Saturday night, forcing people to travel on Shabbat or stay overnight to get to the tekes) was added relatively recently.
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