Top Rabbi Urges Rival Party Leader to Disband Ahead of Elections
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
Rabbi Tzvi Tzemach Mazuz, Rosh Yeshiva of 'Kisse Rachamim', publicly urged Rabbi Yosef Chaim Abirgel, leader of the 'Achie' party, to disband his party and join Shas. The call came two and a half weeks before elections while filming a Shas support video. Mazuz stated that spiritual leadership manages the Haredi public behind the scenes.
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- Rabbi Tzvi Tzemach Mazuz called on Rabbi Yosef Chaim Abirgel to close his 'Achie' party.
- The appeal was made two and a half weeks before Israeli elections.
- Mazuz asked Abirgel to unite forces with the Shas movement.
- The request occurred during the filming of a Shas support video.
- The article suggests spiritual leadership manages the Haredi public behind the scenes.
Two and a half weeks before Israeli elections, Rabbi Tzvi Tzemach Mazuz, Rosh Yeshiva of 'Kisse Rachamim', has publicly called on Rabbi Yosef Chaim Abirgel, leader of the 'Achie' party, to withdraw his candidacy and unite with the Shas movement. The appeal was made during the filming of an official support video for Shas. Rabbi Mazuz directly addressed his friend, Rabbi Abirgel, requesting that he close the party he founded. "I heard that my friend, the great and holy rabbi, son of the holy, Rabbi Chida Abirgel, is opening a party," Mazuz stated. He then made a personal plea, "I very much request from this platform, close the party and let us unite, and we will all be as one man with one heart, with God's help, and surely see much salvation."
This spiritual leadership is reportedly managing the Haredi public behind the scenes, according to a report by Yishai Cohen.
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