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We have sinned before you: is it permissible to say sorry from the cell phone? - Walla! Judaism

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Rabbi Shai Tahan, head of the Sha'arei Ezra community and head of the Arzi HaLebanon teaching house, was asked about an interesting issue and answered in detail. His full answer is inside


We have sinned before you: is it permissible to say sorry from the cell phone?

Rabbi Shai Tahan, head of the Sha'arei Ezra community and head of the Arzi HaLebanon teaching house, was asked about an interesting issue and answered in detail.

His full answer is inside

David Berger, submitted on behalf of Shuba Israel

09/19/2022

Monday, September 19, 2022, 11:11 am Updated: 11:18 am

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Many times in our daily lives halachic questions arise and topical doubts arise.

Rabbi Shai Tahan, head of the Sha'ari Ezra community and head of Beit Erzi HaLebanon, makes the laws accessible to us and answers questions asked in the Beit Midrash and outside of it.

And this time: is it allowed to read apologies from the cell phone?



Question

:



Hello, Your Honor.

The synagogue I belong to doesn't have enough books of forgiveness, so there are those who say the forgiveness from their cell phones and I wanted to ask if this is allowed.



Answer

:



Hello to you.

To begin with, he will say silihot from a book and not from an electronic device, such as a mobile device, etc., however, if he does not have a book now, he may say from that device and on the condition that he puts it into flight mode, and if this is not possible, he may say from the phone.



And we will explain the halacha in S.D. Here, the judges discussed the question of whether a person is allowed to pray from a mobile device, and they challenged this because of two concerns and we will learn from them for our case:



The first concern is that he may become distracted by the instrument falling from his hand, and this is learned from the Gemara (Barachot 23:2): Our Rabbi, a man shall not hold a tefillin in his hand and a Torah scroll in his arm and pray, and Rashi of Tamam explained that he fears that they may fall from his hand and his mind is not fixed on prayer , and according to his words it appears that it is precisely an important thing such as a tefillin and a Torah scroll that he fears lest it fall from his hand, but if it is something he does not fear lest it fall, he may hold it in his hand, but Rabbi Yona brought opinions that it is not necessarily things that he fears lest it fall, but anything, and these were said only as an example. Maran Hashalchan Aruch (C. Tzo) ruled to forbid, according to Rashi's opinion, anything that his heart has on him lest it fall, and the psalmist: "When he prays, he shall not hold in his hand a tefillin, nor a book of the holy books, nor a full bowl, nor a knife, a knife, and a loaf of bread, because his heart should not fall on them his name".



And this reason is not only said about prayer, because the Mishnah is clear (ibid. SKA) brought in the name of the Paramag to forbid even while reciting the Shema and Dzimera verses, because even when reciting Dzimera verses a person should not be distracted, and also from what the judges discussed to allow a public messenger to hold A Torah scroll in his hand on Shabbat when he says 'Yukum Parkan', since his intention is to pray for Torah students, we learn that otherwise we would not have to prohibit it, and therefore it should also be prohibited regarding the saying of forgiveness, which also has the right of distraction.



However, this concern must be discussed to allow from what the Shulchan Aruch (ibid.) ruled that it is permissible to hold a prayer wheel in one's hand while praying since doing so for the purpose of prayer itself is not a nuisance, and likewise with this device since one prays from it and does so for the purpose of prayer, it is permissible.



A second concern with holding the aforementioned device during prayer is that at the time he receives a call or text message and becomes distracted by it, and we have already written above that these concerns were not only expressed regarding the prayer but also regarding Dzimara verses, etc. it into a flight position.



And Rabbi Hida (Mizhik Bracha SKA) commented on this that those asking for notes said about the verse 'Setam Tefalti' - Setam is the acronym for Sefer, Torah, Ma'ot. Whoever holds it in his hand during prayer does not have his prayer heard. Hence We will learn how important it is to observe this rule, but if he is unable to do so or is in a place where there is still a fear of being distracted with that device, it is better to read from a book, but if he is in a place where he does not have a book, such as on the road, it seems that he can use this device in order to read, since it is permissible not to He will hold something in his hand only at the beginning, but the one who prays like that will later leave and there is no need to go back and pray.

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