The plenary session of the Standing Committee in Warsaw (Photo: Eli Itkin)
At the "Marriott Warsaw" hotel in the center of the Polish capital, yesterday (Monday) the meeting of the Standing Committee and the Grand Tribunal of the "Conference of European Rabbis" opened.
The rabbis who gather as part of the permanent committee for about six months in one of the European countries were invited to gather in Warsaw to strengthen the Jewish community and its institutions.
The rabbis will deal with a variety of issues that are on the agenda of European Jewry, including legislative initiatives accompanied by anti-Semitism against kosher slaughter and circumcision in some of the continent's countries.
During the convention, the rabbis will host the chairman of the Senate, the president's representative and diplomats and will visit the institutions of the community hosting refugees from Ukraine.
The meeting of the Standing Committee and the Great Tribunal of the "Conference of Rabbis of Europe" in Warsaw, the capital of Poland (Photo: Eli Itkin)
The president of the conference Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt said that "Not far from here, the Jewish world celebrated the 80th anniversary of one of the most traumatic events for the Jewish people here on Polish soil - the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. We must remember that the first law of the Third Reich was designed to challenge the legitimacy of the Jews and Religion and their hatred was the law forbidding kosher slaughter. We are the rabbis and lawyers of Europe, first of all we thank the institutions of government and the law in Poland for the repeal of the laws against slaughter here in Seem, but there are still pockets of antisemitism here in Europe and there are those who seek to restrict our steps. We will continue to demand resolutely and act through the institutions of the Union The European and the governments allow us complete freedom of religion. We must be able to provide kosher meat according to Halacha, educate our children according to the Jewish tradition and maintain our way of life.
Right now these freedoms are in clear and immediate danger.
Unfortunately, the whole world has seen how illegitimacy is translated in the distant past and these days."
At the meeting chaired by the president of the conference, Rabbi Goldschmidt and the chairman of the standing committee of the London High Court Rabbi Menachem Gellai, the rabbis of the states and cities, the fathers of the courts and judges from most of the European Union countries, including;
France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Luxembourg, Belarus, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and more.
The director of the staff of the conference president, Mr. Gadi Gronich, who is behind the development of the conference's plans, projects and international relations, said that the gathering is being held with the participation of the Jewish community under the leadership of Rabbi Mordechai Shudrich of Poland and under the auspices of the council of patrons of the conference under the leadership of Mr. Boris Mintz.
He praised the security services that responded to every challenge.
Warsaw.
The Standing Committee Plenary (Photo: Eli Itkin)
At the opening of the conference, the special letter of the Rabbi of the Rosh Yeshiva the Rabbi Edelstein Shlita and the Rabbi of the Rabbi Landa Shlita was presented by the representative of the Gadoli of Israel in the Standing Committee Rabbi Israel Friedman. In the letter addressed to the head of the 'Conference of Rabbis of Europe'; Rabbi Gellali, and Rabbi Labal, from Rabbi Edelstein, also referred to the situation in Israel; "At this time, when the nations of the world are teasing each other, we need the many mercies of heaven, because the hatred of the nations for Israel has increased in every place, and even among the people of Israel there are Those who want to uproot the sanctities of Israel and the purity of Judaism, and the advice to be saved is to multiply in the business of the Torah, which is our life and the length of our days, and this is the existence of the world, the existence of all of Israel, and the preservation of the communities of Israel in all their settlements, and the more they engage and multiply the Torah in Israel, the more we will have the help of Heaven to be saved from all the troubles".
This letter was joined by the head of the Salvodka Yeshiva Maran HaGaon Rabbi Dov Lando Shlita who wrote among his words: "Anyone who is even a little familiar with the world of rabbinate knows how much the occupation of it occupies the person who engages in it without leaving any time for other matters.
Therefore, respected rabbis, please and please only deal with matters that are within the scope of the rabbinate in all its sections and do not skip to matters that are not within your scope, and the keeper of Israel will protect his people Israel from all kinds of harm and obstacles and will walk safely in his way through the Torah since time immemorial."
The meeting of the Standing Committee and the Great Tribunal of the "Conference of Rabbis of Europe" in Warsaw, the capital of Poland (Photo: Eli Itkin)
Rabbi Moshe Labell, the rabbinical director of the conference and the head of the Torah Chaim yeshiva in Moscow, reviewed in detail the "warm relationship of the conference with the elders of Israel, when the management of the conference takes advice from the elders, who as always outline for us the path we will follow, and the correct emphases that The public agenda". He also reviewed the state of relations with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in regards to the areas of conversions, court actions and kashrut.
On behalf of the rabbis and jurists of the conference of the chief rabbis of Israel, the Rabbi thanked the outgoing guard for the cooperation and deep commitment between the chief rabbinical conference and the courts and expressed the hope of the rabbis and jurists that the guard that will be elected will do the same for the glory of the world of rabbis and jurists in Israel and in the Diaspora.
In the opening session, the rabbis discussed a wide variety of topics including;
An update on the fight against the religious commandments of slaughter and the word.
During the discussion, Rabbi Goldschmidt reviewed in detail the activities of the conference with the institutions of the European Union, the Council of Europe and the various countries in order to repel various legislative initiatives on the subjects of slaughter, training and circumcision. The rabbis received an extensive update on the progress on the cemetery in Vilnius and the agreement signed with the community. The situation of the communities in Russia In Ukraine and Hungary, follow-up and in-depth discussion on the reception of thousands of Jewish refugees from Ukraine to various countries in Europe and the assistance of the international fund established by the Conference to Aid Refugees.
Update on rabbis and Scandinavian communities.
Personal issues and collaborations with international Jewish organizations.
Rabbi Ga'ali extensively reviewed the activities of Europe's largest court.
He reiterated the position of the rabbis and according to it;
Our joint position with the courts in Europe and Israel is unequivocal and will never change;
Conversions are carried out only by an important and permanent BID, conversions carried out by 'rabbis' who are 'imported' for conversion operations will not be approved and conversions will not be carried out in places where there is no infrastructure for Jewish community life - conversions that will not be carried out religiously and according to the order of the procedure and outline that was Practiced so far by the courts of Europe in cooperation with the Harar for Israel will not be recognized by us at all."
The rabbis held a discussion on the establishment of a computerized database of the courts and the establishment of an information center for rabbis of Kiddoshin orders on genealogy questions.
The meeting of the Standing Committee and the Great Tribunal of the "Conference of Rabbis of Europe" in Warsaw, the capital of Poland (Photo: Eli Itkin)
Rabbi Goldschmidt noted with great satisfaction the recent publications of the administration of the courts in Israel, according to which there are impressive and exciting results for the important amendment carried out at his initiative in the Jurisdiction Law of the Rabbinical Courts, which grants judicial powers in cases of women's imprisonment from abroad.
"We won and from the day that Israel declared that it is not a refuge for those who anchor their wives, according to the data of the rabbinic courts, many lawsuits were filed in Israel.
Restraining orders were imposed and many women were released from their shackles.
The lawsuits came from all over the world and we don't know how many cases were resolved as a result of the 'threat' if they came to Israel."
The head of the court of the 'Association of Rabbis of the USA and Canada' and the trial court of the conference in Amsterdam, Rabbi Aryeh RLBG reviewed the activities of the court." D for moorings that resulted in the release of many moorings while finding solutions to extremely complicated questions.
The first day of the convention was signed off with a special dinar with the participation of Senate Chairman Tomasz Grodecki, Secretary of State in the President's Office Wijciech Kolarski and Deputy US Ambassador to Poland Daniel Lawton.
Members of Parliament and diplomats from the EU countries.
During the event, gifts of appreciation were presented to the President of Poland through Kolarski to the Chairman of the Senate and community leaders.
Aryeh Zamir, in collaboration with Shuba Israel
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