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Ashkenazi and Sephardi rabbis battle over Sabbath hours in Elad

Disagreements over what time the Sabbath should commence have almost led to fist fights, as the Ashkenazis demand the city observes their traditions and the Sephardis refuse to comply.

By Yair Ettinger

Even in the ultra-Orthodox city of Elad they will be waiting Friday for the Sabbath queen. The sun will slowly set beyond the treetops, the tables will be set, the women will stand before the candles and recite a quiet prayer, the men will be washed and ready to remember and observe the Sabbath.

But a few minutes before that, will come a bit of action. The inauguration of the Sabbath in Elad has recently become the tensest hour of the week, following a disagreement between the city’s Sephardic rabbi and its Ashkenazi rabbi.

	Residents of Elad standing by the city’s gate.
	Photo by: Shlomi Gil

The two cannot agree on the exact time for inaugurating the Sabbath. Even the leaders of the Orthodox public, Gedolei Yisrae, were involved against their will, but a solution has not been found.

The roots of the disagreement go back a long way: the Ashkenazi rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Grossman, has always maintained that the Sabbath enters 30 minutes before the sun sets, while the Sephardic rabbi, Rabbi Mordechai Malka, puts it at 20 minutes. According to Halacha (Jewish law), every city is supposed to (click)

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