Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Membership

Hi,

Rav Moshe Feinstein ruled that a Jew may not be a member of an organization whose activities include Shabbat desecration [by Jews, presumably]. Although he does not violate Shabbat, he supports the Shabbat desecration by others via his membership.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 2:61)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

4 comments:

  1. Good evening,
    Does this speak directly to being a member of the local JCC, open on Shabbos and Yom Tov?

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  2. I can see that it's complicated. One doesn't want to provide tacit approval. That said, if the JCC didn't exist, the community would be a very different kind of place. It fulfills some important functions. Is this a straightforward halachic question for which one seeks local HALACHIC guidance?

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  3. Michael-
    This one is posek level, I believe, because it involves intricate complications.

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