BS"D
To all those gathered this motzei Shabbos lesheim Shomayim on Parshas Vayechi in Rechovot through the network of rabbonim:
Whoever had his ancestors' feet standing by Har Sinai and declares in Krias Shema not to "be led astray by their hearts and their eyes" knows clearly that it is severely forbidden to own and view [what is shown on the device of the] Internet or anything connected or resembling it, for he cannot escape succumbing to it and transgressing the most stringent prohibitions. There is no allowance whatsoever in the world to use it or part of it. This is the very Satan of our lowly generation and this is the very thing which destroyed the Heichal and which caused the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, slays all the tzaddikim and it continues to dance in our midst (Yoma 69b). I call upon whoever finds himself in the proximity of the Internet, "Walk quickly to escape Gehennom" (Kiddushin 81a).
Blessed are you who are gathered here to take counsel and create safeguards to avoid it and salvage his soul and the souls of his household from this scourge.
May all those who guard themselves and distance themselves thereby see bountiful blessing amidst those blessings which Yaakov Ovinu invoked upon his sons.
Chaim Kanievsky
