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Conservative Women Hold Another Provocation Gathering at Kosel

By Betzalel Kahn

A group of Conservative women held another of its provocative gatherings at the Kosel on Rosh Chodesh Adar, despite a High Court directive to the State to build an alternative plaza at the Robinson Arch at a cost of NIS 2 million to satisfy such demands.

Work on the alternative gathering area, which even includes handicapped access, was completed six months ago after the State received an extension on the time allotted for the project. The group's insistence on holding ceremonies at the Western Wall Plaza indicates it does not accept the High Court ruling.

Arriving on the morning of Rosh Chodesh, the cluster of approximately 30 women went even further in their disgraceful ceremonies this time as they removed a sefer Torah and two women donned tallisos. Police arrested both women for questioning.

The rov of the Kosel Hama'arovi, HaRav Shmuel Rabinovitz, expressed shock over the act that was clearly designed to provoke the religious worshipers who are the overwhelming majority at the site and to stir dissent at the Jewish people's holiest site. Not only does their conduct compromise the holiness of the site, he said, but it also makes a mockery of the High Court decision. Rav Rabinovitz said he hopes the authorities will make every effort to distance these women from the Western Wall Plaza to prevent transforming the sacred site into a place of unnecessary and detrimental dispute.

 

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