Supreme Court rejects appeal by Gur hasidim

• Published date: 26 May 2021
• Date: 26 May 2021
• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

Zilberstein is the grandson of the Gur rebbe (hasidic leader), and tens of thousands of hasidim are expected to attend the wedding.

The wedding, which is scheduled for Wednesday, at 2:00p.m., and the hasidim hope that the municipality and police will still work with them, Kikar Hashabbat noted.

In their response, the justices, Noam Sohlberg, Yosef Elron, and Ofer Grosskopf wrote that "after examining the appeal and the responses to it, we have come to the conclusion that it should be rejected out of hand."

"The appeal was brought for our examination today, the 14th of Sivan (May 25), when the couple's wedding is expected to be held with G-d's help tomorrow, the 15th of Sivan (May 26). This morning I ordered the responders to submit initial responses by 3:00p.m. I stated my opinion regarding the fact that the appeal had been submitted at the last minute and the chance of acquiescing to it is low. However, due to the importance of the event in the eyes of the appellants, I left a small opening to allow for a solution. The initial response from the Jerusalem municipality was submitted within the requested time frame; the initial response from Israel Police took longer.

"Regardless, under the circumstances, since the appeal was submitted just prior to the event, there is no choice other than to reject it outright. It is true that Israel Police submitted their response slightly late, but the timetable it was trapped in was not in its favor, so it is difficult to complain...