Rav Shlomo Aviner is not a rav in the haredi community, though he himself is not really that far off in many of his positions from the haredi positions. the haredi media that closely follow the happenings in the haredi community do not generally look to Rav Aviner for information and news items, but, despite that, today they are all talking about Rav Aviner.

Rav Aviner, in a recent video response to a halachic question, seems to have successfully ruffled some feathers and perhaps surprised many, and thus got the glory of being talked about in the haredi media. Rav Aviner was asked if it is prohibited to use a smartphone or if one is obligated to only use a "kosher phone".

In his video response, Rav Aviner says that sms and internet help many people and there is no prohibition against using them. He says that of course if someone sees that with a "non-kosher" phone he is "stumbling", he should definitely take upon himself to only use a kosher phone, just like regarding anything else.

Maybe this is the psak Rav Amnon Yitzchak is relying on, rather than Rav Shteinman who yesterday repeated his opinion that one must distance himself from these destructive utensils that are unsupervised as if distancing himself from fire itself...

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