tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481891.post1335631055030898061..comments2022-05-15T11:52:41.828+03:00Comments on rabbisedley: Royal Wedding and the Chief Rabbirabbi sedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276453426346276243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481891.post-3150304642585463022011-05-26T17:02:47.176+03:002011-05-26T17:02:47.176+03:00Hi,
have you seen the exchange between R Broyde a...Hi,<br /><br />have you seen the exchange between R Broyde and Aumann in issue 8 of Hakira? http://www.hakirah.org/Vol%208%20Broyde.pdf<br /><br />All the best from Scotland.Rabbi Garryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936844485861626086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481891.post-83783516071725034122011-05-05T09:13:59.255+03:002011-05-05T09:13:59.255+03:00For the sake of honesty I have found two teshuvos ...For the sake of honesty I have found two teshuvos which state unequivocally that attending a church is forbidden, even when representing Judaism or Israel.<br />Rav Ovadia Yosef (Yabia Omer 2 YD 11) and Rav Eliezer Waldenberg (Tzitz Eliezer vol 14: 91) both forbid entering a church under any circumstances.<br />On the other hand, I have been going through a book of collected writings of Lord Jakobovitz z"l. While he does not discuss the halachot of entering a church, his entire hashkafa is about representing the Jewish people to the world and showing honour to the non-Jews. I cannot put words into his mouth, and I don't know what he did or did not say in terms of halacha, but my guess is that even if he did not agree with the halachic ruling of Lord Sacks (though it is certainly not clear to me that he would argue), the sentiment behind attending the service, or showing respect for the malchus and honouring the royal family and the British people, is a sentiment that I think Lord Jakobovitz would certainly approve of and agree with.rabbi sedleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276453426346276243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481891.post-88200238741661616282011-05-03T19:13:45.535+03:002011-05-03T19:13:45.535+03:00Thanks for your post.
Not that it changes a psak i...Thanks for your post.<br />Not that it changes a psak in any way, but in the interested of correct reporting, it should be noted that at the time it was said that Rabbi Jacobovits' not being invited to the wedding was merely due to the fact that when the palace inquired ahead of time whether or not he would attend, they were advised that he would <b>not</b>. <br />In order to save the monarchy any embarrassment (which is why these things are always coordinated in advance), an invitation was not issued.G6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15932781801654313054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481891.post-42299795811616140772011-05-02T15:18:43.559+03:002011-05-02T15:18:43.559+03:00Excellent response (as Usual)Excellent response (as Usual)Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445589597809455221noreply@blogger.com