The Jewish Community of Budapest rejects the call of women to the Torah in a sharp statement
The Jewish Community of Budapest has a sharp voice Communication he opposed a statement initiated by the two neolog congregations and two reform Jewish communities calling for and allowing women to read the Torah.
The system is planned in the near future among the religious leaders of the Neo-church districts of Hunyadi Square and Páva Street belonging to the Jewish Community of Budapest and Mazsihisz, as well as the religious leaders of the Szim Salom and Bét Orim Reform Jewish communities (Gábor Fináli, Péter Radvánszki, Katalin Kelemen joint worship services to invite women and men to the Torah, according to a statement by the four religious leaders on Kibic Magazine with halachic reasoning also supported.
The equalizing decision was made, it is said, because neolog congregations plan regular joint worship services with two reform communities in which both women and men are invited to the Torah.
The two neolog rabbis respond to the permissive decision in a statement issued by the Budapest Jewish Community:
„2022. On May 5, a compilation entitled “Women will soon be able to read the Torah in two neolog communities in Budapest” was published on one of the Internet news portals.
The opinion of the neolog rabbis in the article contradicts the neolog Jewish belief system and the religious principles laid down for the rabbis in the statutes of the Budapest Jewish Community (BZSH).
The leadership of the Budapest Z Faith Community called on the rabbis concerned to follow the religious principles enshrined in the statutes unconditionally in the future.
The leadership of the Budapest Jewish Community, as the owner, maintainer of the affected synagogues and the exercise of the employer’s rights over the rabbis, called on those concerned to violate the neolog Jewish belief system and the Budapest Jewish Community.
President Tamás Mester, BZSH, Dr. Péter Kunos Managing Director, BZSH, Dr. Róbert Frölich National Chief Rabbi, Zoltán Radnóti, Director of the Budapest Rabbisque ” – the declaration signed by the managers of the issuing BZSH is completed.