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Community Rabbis Group Files Court Petition Over Tel Aviv Beach Selichot Separation

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Tel Aviv-Jaffa declined to approve the gender-separated format sought for a central Selichot gathering planned for Saturday night at Tel Baruch Beach. The Association of Community Rabbis and media figure Irit Linor filed a petition in Tel Aviv District Court seeking permission to hold the event in that format. Organizers said Rabbis Shmuel Eliyahu and Zevadia Cohen, neighborhood rabbis and a large public audience are expected to attend. Petitioners argue the condition conflicts with religious freedom and halakhic practice; the city had not published a response when the filing was reported.

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