Lapid Mocks Knesset Speaker Ohana Over Late Invitation to Torah Study
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
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- Lapid declined Ohana's late invitation to a Hoshana Rabbah Torah study event.
- Lapid suggested the invitation was either due to ignorance or deliberate exclusion.
- Lapid quoted a Psalm about deceit in his response to Ohana.
- The event was a Torah study session on the eve of Hoshana Rabbah.
Leader of the Opposition Yair Lapid responded with sarcasm on Thursday after Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana invited him to a Torah study event on the eve of Hoshana Rabbah. Lapid stated he could not attend the event due to the extremely short notice, suggesting two possibilities for the late invitation. He posited that either Ohana's office was unaware of the significance of Hoshana Rabbah until the last minute, or they intentionally sent the invitation late to prevent him from attending and then claim he refused. Lapid concluded his remarks by referencing a verse from Psalms, "The Lord, save me from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue," implying that the invitation was disingenuous. He added that it is customary to read from Psalms on Hoshana Rabbah and recommended that the Knesset leadership study the verse.
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