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Jan 20, 2021
Lawsuit over a pot of leftover cholent
There was a court case in Northern Israel that was the result of a fight that broke out in shul over a pot of cholent.
According to the reporter on Twitter, the fight started over a pot of leftover cholent after Shabbos that the Gabbai threw in the garbage. For some reason, this led to fisticuffs and smashed eyeglasses and a broken cellphone, and approximately two years later ended in court with the judge writing an 18 page decision and concluding it with a song.
Sounds weird. It really does. And the details are sketchy.
According to Ynet, the judge decided that the incident had not been investigated properly and the evidence and testimony is clearly not accurate. The case seems to be the result of a fight in the shul between two "camps" - the newer members against the older members.
The judge left it with a no decision, but was highly critical of their behavior in shul and her dismay at the turning of a shul into a battleground when it is supposed to be a "mikdash me'at". She included a song or poem written by a legal academic about the situation of fights in shul as food for thought.
בית כְּנֶסֶת / דורון מנשה
כֵּן, לִפְּעָמִים אֲנִי רוֹאֶה אֶת הַקּוֹלוֹת
אֶת נְּשִימַת הַדּוּכָן וְּהַפָרֹכֶת
וְּאוֹתִיּוֹת הַסֵּפֶר וְּתִינוֹקוֹת שֶל בֵּית רַבָן
שֶלאֹ זָכוּ שֶתְּפִלָתָם
תֻּלְּבַש כְּגוּף חַי
וְּהֶבֶל פִיהֶם מִתְּנוֹצֵּץ בְּשַוְּעַת הַחַזָן
כְּבִנְּשָמוֹת מְּהַדּר כְּמוֹסִיף עַל הַמִנְּיָן
וּבֶחָלָל הַמָקוֹם מִלוֹת תוֹרָה פוֹרְּחוֹת בָאֲוִיר
מַחְּכִימוֹת אֶת הָאַהֲבָה חוּץ וּפְּנִים
וְּלא
לִפְּעָמִים הַבַיִת נֶחְּתַךְ לִמְּחוֹזוֹת קַנָאִים
וְּשִנַיִם מְּסַנְּנוֹת טֶרֶף מִתוֹךְ פְּסוּקֵּי דּזִמְּרָא
אָז, אִיּוּמִי הַצֶדֶק מִתְּעַרְּבְּבִים בְּאִזְּמֵּלֵּי הָעָוֶל
צֶבַע זָר נִדְּחַס בָאֲוִיר
וּבְּנֵּי הַסַמְּכָא עוֹשִים יָד אַחַת,
הַשָב מִתְּשוּבָה עִם הַחוֹזֵּר בְּשִטְּנָה
עַד שֶהַמָקוֹם כְּמוֹ אוֹרֵּחַ מִזְּדַּמֵּן לאֹ מוֹצֵּא מְּנוּחָה
וְּהַשְּכִינָה נִמְּלֶטֶת בַחֲשַאי מִדֶּלֶת צְּדָדִית לַבַל יִקְּרְּאוּ לִשְּמָהּ וּבִשְּמָהּ,
לִפְּשֹט אֶת עוֹרָם הַחַי שֶל צַלְּמִי אֱלֹקִים
וּלְּכַסוֹת בָהֶם טַלִיתוֹת וְּסִדּוּרִי תְּפִלוֹת
גְּלִילָה אַחַר גְּלִילָה, סִלוּף אַחֵּר סִלוּף
מַכָה עַל חַבוּרָה
וְּהִיא חוֹרֶטֶת בְּלִבָה כֹל אֲשֶר קָרָה,
אֵּיךְ שֶכִמְּעַט נִשְּאֲבָה לִתְּהוֹם טֶרֶם בְּרִיאָתָהּ
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The English had the War of the Roses.
ReplyDeleteThe Jews have the War of the Chulent.