If You Are Reading This, Don't Go Hear the Shofar in Vizhnitz

Last year a rav of a shul in Flatbush announced that anybody in his shul who uses a smartphone would not be included in the shofar blowing and would have to go elsewhere to fulfill the mitzva. This year the son of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, Rav Chaim Hager - rav of the Vizhnitz shul in Boro Park, has made a similar announcement, at a conference against technology in Monsey.

Rav Hager said that anybody who has a non-kosher cellphone should not bother wasting his money to travel to daven by the Rebbe for Rosh Hashana, as the Rebbe will not daven for him and any tears such a person cries on Rosh Hashana go to the Sitra Achra - the forces of evil.
He then added that he himself is the one who blows shofar and he is announcing in advance that he will not have in mind anybody who has a smartphone when he blows shofar, and such people will not fulfill their mitzva.
(source: Bechadrei)
Be forewarned..
if you were planning to daven in Vizhnitz, plan accordingly... either get rid of your smartphone, and I imagine it is not good enough to just not bring your phone to shul on Rosh Hashana, or find somewhere else to hear shofar on Rosh Hashana. Or maybe get a shofar-blowing app for your smartphone and just stay home since by going to shul you will just be strengthening the forces of evil anyway.
And if you weren't, well - good for you.
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