Cape Canaveral, FL – The planned launch of Israel’s Amos 6 communications satellite was a complex process that involved representatives of the country’s aerospace industry, security specialists and one unexpected expert: Israel’s Ashkenazic chief rabbi, Rabbi David Lau.
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Rabbi Lau had been consulted on the launch of the Amos 6 satellite, which exploded last week on a Florida launch pad during a routine test as reported by VIN News (http://bit.ly/2c7MO6A).
According to Israeli website Kikar HaShabat, Rabbi Lau had been consulted over the last few months on the Amos 6 launch and after being briefed on classified information, he gave his approval despite potential issues of Sabbath desecration, saying that because the satellite would provide essential life saving services, a Saturday launch permissible according to halacha.
Within hours of the explosion, members of Israel’s United Torah Judaism party blamed the explosion on the planned Saturday launch date.
A senior military rabbi was sent to the launch site in Florida days after Rabbi Lau issued his ruling to become more familiar with details of the operation and to instruct Jewish employees how to avoid performing actions that did not have life or death consequences during the planned Saturday launch.
What a twisted mind
These r the chief Rabbis. Secular people garbed in orthodox clothes. Theyr nothing but a bunch of hypocrites. But y am I not shocked? It just confirmed what I always thought. Rabbis belonging to a Medinah that desecrates Hashems will every minute of its standing are nothing but pawns of the treifene medinah. Its just heartwarming for all these innocent people to see the true color of these “so called” Rabbis if theyre Zoicha to this stunning eyeopener.
Sounds VERY strange to permit Shabbos activity because of the reason mentioned!
Better to send experts in the area and rely on what they say. This certainly did not end well.
I am moche. Both chief rabbis are chareidim ldvar Hashem and tremendous talmidei chachamim.
Chamira sakanta meisura. It also did not end well for those in Europe who heeded the psak of the gedolim to stay rather than flee the imminent German onslaught. (BTW, Rabbi Lau’s father did survive the concentration camps as a child. See his autobiography : Out of the depths) All this proves is that chazal are right. There is no nevuah after the Churban.
Oh boy. Now they’ll need to differentiate why working on satellite on Shabbos is OK but building Tel aviv train isn’t.
I also do not understand why Shabbos desecration was necessary. What would happen if it were launched on a week day instead?
Not clear, need more info to understand p’sok halacha….
What a stretch! The satellite ‘will’ save lives so chilul shabbos is mutar?
I guess HKB’H thought differently!!!