[Avodah] CM and shul

[Rich, Joel]

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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Yes, but doesn’t the shul (or its duly elected representatives) have a right to make rules?
KT
Joel Rich
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