A rare public clarification has emerged from the normally quiet Amshinov Hasidic dynasty court after social media reports falsely claimed that the Amshinov Rebbe permits ascending Har Habayis.

The controversy erupted after excerpts from the chassidus’s internal publication “Yirah V’Simcha” were circulated online and presented as though the Rebbe had issued a practical heter allowing Jews to ascend the Har Habayis.

In response, the Rebbe’s son, Rabbi Moshe Milikovsky, released an unusually sharp and public statement rejecting the reports outright.

“We were shocked by the removal of the Rebbe’s words from their context regarding Har Habayis,” Rabbi Milikovsky stated.

“The Rebbe absolutely did not permit ascending the Har contrary to the view of all the poskim.”

According to the statement, the comments in question came from an internal halachic discussion held in the Rebbe’s home over a year ago and published only for members of the chassidus familiar with the Rebbe’s style of nuanced Torah discussions.

“With a lack of honesty, they presented it as though the Rebbe permits or instructs people to ascend Har Habayis in practice — something that never entered his mind,” the statement continued.

Rabbi Milikovsky emphasized that the discussion was purely theoretical and halachic in nature, adding that the Rebbe also voiced opposition during the conversation to actions such as waving the Shtei Halechem on Har Habayis in ways not aligned with halacha.

“Certainly this was not a practical or ideological permission to ascend Har Habayis,” he stressed. “The Rebbe’s view is like that of all the poskim — that at this time one may not permit ascending Har Habayis in practice, something that could easily lead to the severe prohibition of kareis, chas v’shalom.”

The clarification quickly spread through the chareidi world amid ongoing tensions and debate surrounding Jewish visits to Har Habayis.

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