Netanyahu Invites Lapid to Torah Study, Receives Psalm in Response
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Netanyahu invited Lapid to a Hoshanah Rabbah Torah study event.
- Lapid declined the invitation due to very short notice.
- Lapid suggested the invitation was intentionally late.
- Lapid responded with a Psalm about deceitful lips.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hosting leaders of the security establishment on Thursday evening at the Knesset's Sukkah for a Torah study event marking Hoshanah Rabbah. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid was also invited but announced he would not attend due to the short notice.
Lapid stated on social media platform X that Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana sent him the invitation at 1:42 PM, suggesting two possibilities for the timing. "Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana sent me a WhatsApp at 1:42 PM with an invitation to a Torah study event in the Sukkah this evening," Lapid wrote. He then quipped, "Two possibilities: 1. They didn't know in advance that tonight is Hoshanah Rabbah and were shocked to discover it suddenly on their calendar. 2. They intentionally sent it so late that I couldn't come, so they could say I refused to attend a Torah study event."
Lapid clarified that he could not participate due to the late invitation. He concluded his statement by referencing a verse from Psalms, "In any case, since I cannot come on such short notice, I remind them that on the night of Hoshanah Rabbah it is customary to read from Psalms and I suggest they delve tonight into the verse, 'The Lord, save my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue' (Psalms 120:2)."
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