Very Interesting Exchange of Questions and Replies of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky About the Elections
(Hopefully we can rely on this as being accurate. And we can see how important our Kavana is when voting. Shamayim is watching))
A list of shailos relating to the upcoming elections in Israel on September 17, 2019, was brought to Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky. A Kikar Shabbos report summarized the main shailos and teshuvos. YWN
Q: Is it fitting to bring your children with you when you go to the voting station to fulfill the mitzvah of “V’asita k’chol asher yorucha”? Is there an inyan to be mechanech them in this mitzvah, like there’s chinuch with other mitzvahs?
Rav Kanievsky: Yes.
Q: Is there more sechar halicha if you go by foot to vote than by car, or there’s no difference?
Rav Kanievsky: If there’s no bittul Torah.
Q: Is it permissible to eat before voting on Election Day, since one shouldn’t generally eat before a mitzvah?
Rav Kanievsky: No.
Q: Is a person who is on the way to vote on Election Day considered as if he’s engaging in a mitzvah on his way there and back and is therefore exempt from another mitzvah?
Rav Kanievsky: Yes.
Q: A person whose voting station is close to his home, and his shul where he davens Shacharis is further away – when he leaves home to daven – he has two mitzvahs to do – voting and fulfilling “V’asita k’chol asher yorucha” and davening Shacharis. What should he do first? Is there a problem of passing up a mitzvah and he needs to vote first and daven afterward?
Rav Kanievsky: Elections.
Q: Someone who is making a bris for his son on Election Day, which mitzvah should he do first? Should he vote or perform the mitzvah of milah?
Rav Kanievsky: Vote.
Q: Considering that a mitzvah de’oraisa requires kavanah, when a person is on the way to vote and fulfilling a mitzvah de’oraisa, does he need to have kavanah and be aware that he is fulfilling “V’asita k’chol asher yorucha?”
Rav Kanievsky: Yes.
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