{"id":86343,"date":"2016-01-25T06:51:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=86343"},"modified":"2016-01-25T06:51:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T14:51:09","slug":"lat-in-ultra-orthodox-israeli-city-a-new-coffee-chain-fuels-price-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=86343","title":{"rendered":"LAT: In ultra-Orthodox Israeli city, a new coffee chain fuels price war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arrival of Cofix is a very good thing for the Orthodox,\u201d Asher said. \u201cThe Orthodox study religion and don\u2019t work, so the only thing that matters is the price…. Orthodox don\u2019t care about the taste, they care about how much they have to pay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yitzhak Avrahami, 17, is among those who are grateful for Cofix, even though he spends more of his money at Shloimale.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of me wants to support Cofix,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause if they close the prices will rise again.\u201d
\nIt\u2019s not the art of drinking coffee that has pervaded Bnei Brak, but the desire for fast, cheap fuel between studying the Torah and praying. This isn\u2019t Paris; no one sits for hours over a cup.<\/p>\n

A collective of Bnei Brak\u2019s rabbis have lashed out at this, issuing a signed leaflet and poster calling for a blanket ban on eating and drinking on the run \u2014 adding a spiritual dimension to the coffee and pastry price war.<\/p>\n

According to the five signatories \u2014 Rabbis Yehuda Siliman, Moshe Shaul Klein, Sriel Rosenberg, Menachem Mendel HaCohen Shpern and Masoud Ben-Shimon \u2014 eating and drinking on the street is against the Torah.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a duty to warn and alert the public to the phenomenon which has spread in our city: the cheap culture of eating while walking in the street,\u201d the signed notice reads.
\nThe notice condemns such consumption, and the placement of tables outside fast-food chains, equating it to \u201cswindling the public into common behavior\u201d and detracting from \u201cself-respect and the respect of families.\u201d<\/p>\n

…Standing outside Shloimale, Rabbi Samuel Weiss said he agreed with the (widely ignored) rabbinic ban on the coffee spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a Talmudic saying: He who eats food at market is like a dog,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Times: \u201cThe arrival of Cofix is a very good thing for the Orthodox,\u201d Asher said. \u201cThe Orthodox study religion and don\u2019t work, so the only thing that matters is the price…. Orthodox don\u2019t care about the taste, they … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-israel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t