Britain’s chief rabbi received an invitation to stay at the royal residence on Shabbos so that he could attend the coronation event.
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis will continue the 120-year tradition created by his predecessor, Chief Rabbi Herman Adler, who participated in the coronation of King Edward VII on Shabbat in 902.
Rabbi Mirvis and his wife will stay with the king and queen at Clarence House, which is about a kilometer away from the place where the king’s coronation ceremony will be held. Clarence House is less than a mile from Westminster Abbey, which will enable Rabbi Mirvis and his wife, Valerie, to walk on Shabbos, May 6.
Chief Rabbi Mirvis will also visit local Jewish communities on that Shabbos.
This is not the first time that the chief rabbi’s Shabbos observance has been taken into account by the king. After the queen’s death, a reception was held at Buckingham Palace with the king, and it was moved up an hour so that Rabbi Mirvis could arrive at his home before Shabbos.
{Matzav.com}
He should bring some chulent and kishka for the king to try
Is it just me or is this fellow beginning to look more and more like our great leader in chief here.
Hopefully there will be separate beds.
“This is not the first time that the chief rabbi’s Shabbos observance has been taken into account by the king. After the queen’s death, a reception was held at Buckingham Palace with the king, and it was moved up an hour so that Rabbi Mirvis could arrive at his home before Shabbos.”
But his Judaism isn’t being taken into account because a Jew is forbidden from entering a church sanctuary.
chief rabbi enters church only after consultation with the london bes din, if he does it he has a heter.
but i’m sure you know halocho better than them
There is an entire area if halachah known as Karov L’Melech that makes a lot of things that are forbidden for most of us permitted or even required for someone close to an important public official. For example Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump both attended a church service and rode in limousines in Shabat to support her father’s inauguration as President. I am sure that Chief Rabbi Mirvis knows the halachah here even though many commenters do not.
Did your white Maharat teach you that?
Ryan Turrel staying with hotel on Shabbos as G league guest. Will perform his services in a gym that is not a church.