Eida Hachreidis Issues Prohibition to Leave Israel Even to Daven on "Kivrei Tzadikim"

 

The Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox community, which is considered the extreme right-wing marker that most of the ultra-Orthodox public usually follows, imposed a complete ban on young people traveling to the Kivrei Tzaddikim abroad, following the serious car accident in Morocco, in which five young ultra-Orthodox men from the Breslov community in Safed were killed, after their car crashed into a deep abyss.

Under the headline 'Death Rose at our Window,' the Beit Din Tzedek (Badatz) of the ultra-Orthodox community ruled that "in light of the horrific multitude of disasters in recent years in a frightening manner, involving young people traveling abroad alone, prostrating themselves on the graves of the righteous, as well as for the purpose of a trip and the like, we have therefore come to fence off and establish important regulations to save souls from death and to prevent the tears of widows and the cry of orphans that come to us, and to fulfill the religious commandment of our holy Torah, 'Thou shalt not stand on the blood of thy neighbor.'"

The Badatz emphasizes that the travel of young people will take place only for the purpose of a mitzvah, or also to "regain their strength," but only with the permission of a rabbi, each trip on its own merit, or in organized travel, and in any case, at least one person under the age of 40 will have to be among the passengers.

The Badatz further notes that "since most disasters are caused by disorientation in the foreign country, and the large number of travel hours, it is necessary to change the driver of the car every two hours, or to stop for rest, and for trips that last more than ten hours, it is mandatory to hire a local driver who is well versed in all the road conditions."

The Badatz emphasizes that "it is strictly and terribly forbidden to disregard or take lightly the laws of travel, both in terms of speed and in compliance with all other driving rules. And all the more so that it is forbidden to act under the influence of alcohol or smoking drugs, and it is important as a real bloodshed."

The Badatz notes that non-compliance with all these rules on the part of the traveler abroad, "enters into serious concerns of Torah prohibitions and commits oneself, and if, God forbid, there is a disaster, the family members will not be able to demand that the Tzedakka foundations establish a fund for his descendants. 

And to those who hear it, and a blessing of goodness will come upon them,

 , ולא יישמע עוד שוד ושבר בגבולנו אכי"ר"