[Avodah] CM and shul

[Eli Turkel]

<< I assume that if they had a contract or other stipulated agreement, that
would be the primary if only factor for deciding who can do what in the
shul. (Not having such an agreement seems irresponsible to my naive eyes,
but ok.) In the absence of such an agreement, does the caterer have a right
to remove flyers or the like? >>

Reminds me of a recent shiur by Rav Zilberstein (that I gave over in my
shul).
One question that he discussed was a rule in his shul that one had to
arrange the parsha for one's son's Bar Mitzvah a year ahead of time to give
the gabbaim time to make arrangements.

One member "woke up" a month before and found out that the shabbat was
already taken. He complained to R. Zilberstein who backed the gabbaim. The
member insisted that R. Zilberstein go to Rav Elyashiv (must have been
right before he went to the hospital). R. Elyashiv paskened that the
gabbaim have no right to make such a rule at the expense of a member and
that a lottery should be used.
Then came a discussion as one of the bar mitzvah boys was a cohen. R.
Zilberstein went back to Rav Elyashiv who said that a cohen has no special
rights and again insisted on a lottery.
(end of story the original family left the shul)

When I said this in my shul the participants were very upset at R.
Elyashiv's psak as bringing chaos into running a shul.
In any event R. Elyashiv paskened that not every rule in a shul is valid
when it infringes on the rights of members.

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Eli Turkel
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