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| By: Israel Resource News Agency |
| Published: April 22, 2005 |
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Concerning the news item which has run in the media outlets throughout the world that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has delayed evictions of Jewish communities in order to avoid a conflict with Jewish customs of the mourning period that commemorates the destruction of the two ancient Jewish Temples in Jerusalem, the Jewish custom is actually quite different.
Clause 122 of the Code of Jewish Law mentions that does not build a "home of joy and happiness" during the three week period of mourning in Jewish Law.
Eviction is hardly a situation of "joy and happiness".
Clause 141 of another Jewish legal text, known as the Mishne Brurah, instead requires a person of the Jewish faith to move into a home during these three weeks of Jewish mourning if his previous home has been destroyed.
According sources at the Israel Ministry of Finance, the real reason for delaying the eviction of entire communities is because the Government of Israel does not yet have the way to cover the costs required for such a monumental task at hand. |
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