Chief Rabbi Warns No Government Without Yeshiva Student Status Guarantee
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
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- Chief Rabbi demands yeshiva student status guarantee for government participation.
- Haredi parties will not join coalition without conscription law.
- Rabbi criticizes sister's political alliance with Gadi Eisenkot.
- He urges religious voters against supporting secular parties.
- Two scholars were briefly detained overnight.
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef issued a clear directive to political representatives, stating that no government coalition including Haredi parties will be formed after the upcoming elections without a guaranteed legal status for yeshiva students and the passage of a conscription law. Speaking to hundreds of yeshiva students and scholars, Rabbi Yosef emphasized that the Haredi parties have learned from past mistakes and will not enter a coalition without securing the standing of Torah scholars.
He urged his audience not to be swayed by criticism of the Haredi political representation, arguing that abstaining from voting or allowing secular parties to gain power would be detrimental to religious values. "Should the secular, Torah-haters, rise to power? Can we rely on them? Certainly not," he stated.
Rabbi Yosef also indirectly addressed his sister, Adina Bar Shalom, who has aligned with Gadi Eisenkot's party. He questioned the legacy of their father, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, asking if it was merely to shake hands with Eisenkot. "The legacy of Maran is our Torah! To continue the Talmud Torahs, the yeshivas, the mikvahs," he declared, contrasting it with what he perceived as Bar Shalom's actions.
The article also briefly mentions two arrest attempts overnight where scholars were detained and released.
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