Top Rabbi Warns Against New Haredi Parties, Urges Vote for Yahadut HaTorah
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
Rabbi Dovid Landau urged voters to support the Yahadut HaTorah party in upcoming elections, calling it a religious obligation. He warned against new Haredi parties, stating they risk alienating voters from the Torah community. The rally in Ashdod also featured Rabbi M. H. Hirsh and Rabbi B. Schreiber. Rabbi Landau emphasized protecting the world of Torah from government persecution.
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- Rabbi Dovid Landau urged a vote for Yahadut HaTorah, calling it a religious duty.
- He warned against new Haredi parties, citing rabbinic disapproval.
- Landau stated voting for Yahadut HaTorah protects the Torah world from persecution.
- He stressed that voting for new parties risks losing one's identity.
- The rally took place in Ashdod with other prominent rabbis.
- Rabbi Landau cited historical rabbinic figures as precedent.
Rabbi Dovid Landau, a leading Rosh Yeshiva, has spoken out for the first time regarding the emergence of new Haredi political parties, urging voters to cast their ballots for the Yahadut HaTorah list in the upcoming elections. Speaking at an election rally in Ashdod on Tuesday, alongside Rabbi M. H. Hirsh and Rabbi B. Schreiber, Rabbi Landau emphasized the religious obligation to vote, citing the precedent set by Rabbi Chazon Ish and other past rabbinic leaders.
He stated that voting for Yahadut HaTorah (list 'Gimmel') is a natural effort to protect the world of Torah from what he described as cruel and insatiable decrees and persecution by authorities. Rabbi Landau stressed that voting for Yahadut HaTorah is integral to the identity of every Haredi family.
He warned that individuals who abstain from voting or support new parties, which he suggested lack the approval of wise rabbis, risk losing their identity as part of the Torah community. Rabbi Landau questioned what such individuals would tell their children if they exclude themselves from the collective. He concluded by encouraging attendees to strengthen themselves, vote for 'Gimmel,' influence others gently, and safeguard the Torah, promising heavenly blessings for their efforts.
