Overview
- Rabbi Moché Lewin said he was dismissed for insubordination after nearly three decades in Raincy, following his creation of an eruv in December 2025.
- An eruv draws a symbolic boundary that treats shared streets as a shared private space on the Sabbath, which allows carrying items like strollers or keys, and Lewin later suspended it in the spring.
- The Consistory of Paris and the Paris Beth Din said he launched the project without required validations, and their statement warned that such breaches can lead to an end of collaboration.
- Local fallout has been sharp, with the Raincy synagogue board resigning and regional consistorial leaders publishing a letter condemning what they called a brutal dismissal.
- France’s Chief Rabbi Haïm Korsia urged Consistory president David Amar to halt the process, while Lewin cites backing from European rabbinic experts and Israel’s chief rabbi, as some observers describe the dispute as a long‑running power struggle.