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Leading Rabbis Pour Foundation for Synagogue Ark on Friday Afternoon
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100% right-leaningFirst reported by Behadrei Haredim · Jun 13, 2026
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What happened
Rabbi Tzvi Drabkin and Rabbi Aryeh Levy were filmed pouring the foundation for the holy ark at the Tiferet Menachem synagogue site in Bnei Brak on Friday afternoon. Rabbi Levy said building a synagogue is permitted, and even a mitzvah, after midday on Friday because of its sanctity.
- 01Rabbi Tzvi Drabkin and Rabbi Aryeh Levy worked at a Bnei Brak synagogue site before Shabbat.
- 02They poured the foundation for the future holy ark at Tiferet Menachem.
- 03The footage was taken by photographer Shuki Lerer.
- 04Rabbi Aryeh Levy said synagogue construction is permitted after midday on Friday.
- 05He said the work is a mitzvah because of the synagogue’s sanctity.
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