tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post2558084664664139155..comments2024-03-29T06:05:20.562+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: Interesting Psak: the Gedolim: voting during shivaRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-85180167560124774052009-02-10T23:42:00.000+02:002009-02-10T23:42:00.000+02:00it seems like not only was he rightRav Aviner was ...<I>it seems like not only was he right</I><BR/><BR/>Rav Aviner was "right" when he made his psak. He's an Adom Gadol and Talmud Chachom. He didn't need validation from the Chareidi poskim.<BR/><BR/>As far being able to vote during Shiva. Look, everyone mourns differently, but it does not take the greatest of mental faculties to put a piece of paper in an envelope. (Yes, I have been an avel.)<BR/><BR/>And keep in mind that most of the things we do during Shiva are minhagim. There are many, less important reasons for which avelim can leave the Shiva house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-7563814467662290722009-02-10T23:38:00.000+02:002009-02-10T23:38:00.000+02:00how can an avel learn mishnayot during shiva?how can an avel learn mishnayot during shiva?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-83614996575519438862009-02-10T16:30:00.000+02:002009-02-10T16:30:00.000+02:00Rav Spektor just sent out a similar psak (we have ...Rav Spektor just sent out a similar psak (we have an avel in the community who presumably asked the question). He wrote that the avel can go out to vote after dark, preferably by car. He should go straight there and back and should take mishnayot or tehillim with him to read le-iluy the niftar. He held that voting is a davar hashuv, a davar he-avad and a mitzva.Rafi (S)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18103892755392538611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-8691314103877062022009-02-10T16:26:00.000+02:002009-02-10T16:26:00.000+02:00Rafi, I lost both of my parents so I know what it ...Rafi, I lost both of my parents so I know what it means to sit shiva. I can't even imagine anyone being able to go out and vote during this week. I found it terribly offensive when people started talking about politics in the shiva house - it really is petty when compared to life and death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-4024174947068892792009-02-10T11:43:00.000+02:002009-02-10T11:43:00.000+02:00I ownder if they hold that if you are going to vot...I ownder if they hold that if you are going to vote Ichud Leumi or Liberman?<BR/><BR/>Is is voting or voting to give my personal party power which is the mitzva?<BR/><BR/>I am still not convinced. These dudes are just as and probsably even more political as R' Aviner just at the other side of the spectrum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com