Leading Rabbis Pour Foundation for Synagogue Ark on Friday Afternoon
Members of the Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Tzvi Drabkin and Rabbi Aryeh Levy, were filmed last Friday afternoon at the construction site of the Tiferet Menachem synagogue in Bnei Brak’s Shechunat Heh neighborhood. They were seen pouring the foundation for the future holy ark, in footage taken by photographer Shuki Lerer.
Rabbi Levy explained why the work was permitted at that hour. He said the synagogue construction is the only type of work whose holiness is likened to Shabbat itself, and therefore it is allowed, and even a mitzvah, to build it on Friday after midday.
The article was published on June 12, 2026, as part of a broader Orthodox news roundup. The central item focused on the rabbis’ unusual activity before Shabbat and the halakhic justification offered for it.
No further developments were reported in the item beyond the on-site construction work and Rabbi Levy’s explanation.
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