Friday, May 01, 2009

Out of the Aisles

According to this newspaper article in today's Maariv, back page



Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv has instructed those who block the aisles in airplanes in order to congregate for communal prayer - in a minyan -, even if but one passenger, that they should not gather in such a bothersome way.

The psak, the Halachic decision, appears in a new book authored by Rav Ben-Tzion Kook, entitled פניני הלכה, משולחנו של מרן רבנו הגאון רבי יוסף שלום אלישיב, seen here:




Rav Gil Student sent me his previous post on the subject.

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