The mayor of Kiryat Shmona initiated "Tefilin Day" and was blessed by Rabbi Haim

Following the storm that erupted around the Tefillin laying booths, the mayor of Kiryat Shmona Avichai Stern initiated the World Tefilin Day - Thursday (Thursday) and was blessed by the late Mr. Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. Watch

The mayor of Kiryat Shmona initiated "Tefilin Day" and was blessed by Rabbi Haim

Following the storm that erupted after the Tel Aviv municipality banned placing tefillin booths outside of Tel Aviv's educational institutions, Kiryat Shmona Mayor Avihai Stern set out on an initiative to make Thursday, February 20, 2020, the day of the global tefillin.

On the occasion of the initiative, the mayor entered the residence of Maran Torah Minister Gaon Rabbi Haim Kanievsky and received the blessing of the rabbi for success. Speaking to Shimon Bardi on leaving Knesset House, Mayor Abihai Stern described his feeling after visiting the rabbi: "Bless this privilege, see this modesty, this greatness, the excitement of the words disappeared from my mouth, even to bless 'that our lives' I could not , We have been granted this right. "

Exit from the rabbi's house (Photo: Shabbat Square, Far Lardo)

Mayor of Kiryat Shmona at Rabbi Haim Kanievsky (Photo: Far Lardo, Shabbat Square)

It has to do with the soul

On his special initiative, he said: "It has to do with your faith, your soul, your soul, I am a grandson of a Holocaust survivor, my grandfather and his family have been reminded of the blessing for this privilege of laying tefillin. We here in the Jewish land, is it at all controversial? Tel Aviv or any other municipality prohibits the placing of other booths. Where did we come from? By prohibiting the placing of tefillin booths, we impose on those who want to fulfill this commandment and lay down tefillin - not uphold it. "

Rabbi Yigal Cohen, one of the largest of the many recipients, needed initiative and urged every Jew and Jew to put on tefillin. "Thank the Creator thank you very much for life. One day, at least once, you will put Tefillin and Gd will give you from His full, expansive, rich and open hand."

It should be noted that in Kiryat Shmona they intend to make World Tefillin Day a tradition and place tefillin discount booths at the entrance to schools and public institutions, which will be operated by youth, students and residents.

Rabbi Yigal Cohen (Photo: Shabbat Square, Far Lardo)

Rabbi Yigal Cohen Shabbat Square (Photo: Far Laredo, Shabbat Square)

Kfar Saba also responds

If one is to be honored this week, he is all coming to Katznelson High School students in Kfar Saba who have decided to show Huldai exactly what they think about his statements. The students arrived last morning with white domes and stood at the entrance to the school complex putting on tefillin. This step drew warm reactions from a large public who became aware of the position taken by the students.

Amit Hershkowitz and Asaf Ari-Am protest leaders said: "We have done our duty as citizens of the State of Israel in total. We have protested in the simplest and best possible way, without any coercion and nothing else that should disturb the passers-by. And we won't let it pass in silence, in addition we did it out of school after being told by the board that without the permission of the principal and only after a management team meeting we might be able to do so in the school grounds. Any request but with a willingness to object to this statement, which proves to be the case We represent a large part of school might be afraid to express his opinion. We intend to continue our struggle against such statements harms complete as we have done in this case. "