Closure? Rabbi Hagar instructed his followers to open Sunday all the educational institutions

The Rebbe of Viznitz, Rabbi Yisrael Hagar, instructed his followers to open all the educational institutions of the court starting tomorrow, and also called on other rabbis to act like him and order their communities to do so. Hagar heads the third largest Chassidut in Israel, is a member of the Torah Party Torah and has a representative in the Knesset (MK Yaakov Tessler). This is the first crack in the official position of the mainstream leaders in the ultra-Orthodox community, who have so far called on the public (at least publicly) to maintain the closure guidelines.
The Rebbe of Viznitz stressed, however, that he did not want to defy the authorities or confront law enforcement, and warned the Hasidim "not to provoke the police, not to throw stones, not to beat or shout to a Nazi." He instructed the rabbis and heads of the institutions Treat the policemen who come to them with respect, enforce the instructions and "clearly state that there is a landlord on 4 Torat Chaim Street" - that is, refer them to himself, to his home, as the director in charge of all Torah studies.
The Rebbe explained that "for us, the most essential thing is Talmud Torah," and claimed that the government does not take into account the basic needs of the ultra-Orthodox public. "For example, it is forbidden to pray more than ten in an open area - but on a closed bus it is allowed to have thirty."
He said, "In the United States in the first wave there was a catastrophe, but now the situation there is much better," and he believes that what caused it is that "there is no interference with Talmudic Torah and no interference with the bride and groom getting married."
Talmudic Torah leaders are urging rabbis to reopen institutions, despite the shutdown of the general education system, and there is concern in the health system that the Lithuanian "elder generation" will choose not to make a decision - at least not publicly - and return to the vague policies and double messages that marked the beginning of the closure. To break through the checkpoints and open the Talmudic Torah.
Compared to the Rebbe of Viznitz who decided to open the education system of his congregation, and the rabbi
Kanievsky, who is still silent - in the Hasidic community of Gur, the largest and most influential in Israel, continue to obey the instructions of the closure, and Talmud Torah will remain locked - on the orders of the Rebbe. Sources in the court said:
The ultra-Orthodox parties are silent tonight in the face of the statement. The chairman of Degel HaTorah, MK Moshe Gafni, chose to respond to the documentation of the crowds gathering at the seafront in Tel Aviv: "Where is the Minister of Internal Security? Where is the Commissioner of Police? Where is the enforcement? Where did they go? Isn't our health important? "
The decision of the Rebbe of Viznitz came after severe clashes between the followers of Viznitz Central - a smaller chassidut, subordinate to his brother, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager - who turned Bnei Brak into a war scene on the night between Thursday and Friday.
Rabbi Yukel Weiss, head of the yeshiva where the riot and the rabbi's chief gabay began, and on behalf of the World Vizhnitz Chassidim Committee, strongly condemned the events - without "mourning" and without mentioning police violence.
"Out of grief and pain, we condemn and express serious protest, for the serious and unfortunate incident that happened last night by marginalized people, who were dragged into the terrible violence by attacking the Israel Police on King Solomon Street in Bnei Brak," he said - this time in Hebrew and not in Yiddish. "Acts of this kind are contrary to the way of the Torah and there is no comfortable sage spirit right now." He signed the prayer "Make peace in his high places, he will make peace on us, Amen and Amen."