Q. Dear Rov. I daven in a shul that is always very concerned with the welfare of the Jews in Israel. They, as some Israeli leaders have determined reacting to the open anti-Jewish behaviour in the world, decided to wear a yellow star when they come to shul, as it was in the days of the Holocaust. Is that correct and permitted even in Shabbat where there is no Eruv?
A. Israel’s United Nations ambassador displayed a yellow star on his chest Monday (Oct 30) at New Delhi as he addressed the Security Council, provocatively pledging to wear the badge until members of the body condemn Hamas atrocities.
Our Rabbonim likely seemed to agree that if the yellow star was pinned properly as Halacha demands before Shabbos began and will not fall off, it could be worn by the ones that maintain the importance of this particular demonstration of unity and care with the recent many Jewish victims and their families as they deem that demonstration to be necessary and important.
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is to be stringent.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a