- Q. Dearest Rabbi. Is it advised or even permitted to leave at home on the wall of the living room a large screen that displays the constant live image of the Kotel in Yerushalaim, as a Zecher Lechurban or memory of the destroyed Bet Hamikdash.
The live image is available on line for all hours of the day. Is it maybe incorrect and a desecration of the holiness of the Kotel. Can children play then on the living room, or it may be a lack of honor to the Kotel Displayed? Can guest eat and freely talk then there?
A. On a similar question 3841 we wrote:
“Dear Rov Shlit’a. Is it correct to place as a Zecher Lechurban (remainder to the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash) in our family room a small screen that constantly shows what is happening at the Kotel Hamaaravi via a live camera available online, since it gathers the attention of all. Is that advisable?”
To what we answered:
“Horav Yaakov Hirschman’s Shlit’a and Horav Aharon Miller’s Shlit’a opinion was that it is proper to do for those who use that type of communication. You may add a frame to the screen that contains written words of remembrance of the
Churban”
However, we must add that in the scenario you describe, it may be better to avoid using it, since the live images of the area of the Kotel likely involve some people doing, dressing or behaving improperly even when not in the area of the Kotel.
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