Top Lithuanian Rabbi Urges Haredi Businessmen to Vote for United Torah Judaism
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
Lithuanian leader Rabbi Dov Lando met with Haredi businessmen to urge them to vote for United Torah Judaism in upcoming elections. The meeting, organized by an unofficial party staff, addressed grievances from working Haredim who felt neglected. Rabbi Lando stressed the religious imperative to vote for the Haredi party, warning against supporting other lists and promising to advocate for the community's needs.
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- Lithuanian leader Rabbi Dov Lando urged Haredi businessmen to vote for United Torah Judaism.
- The meeting addressed grievances from working Haredim who felt the party neglected their needs.
- Rabbi Lando warned that voting for other lists jeopardizes Torah observance for future generations.
- He pledged to work with party leaders to address educational and other concerns of working Haredim.
- The gathering is part of Rabbi Lando's recent pre-election mobilization efforts.
Lithuanian leader Rabbi Dov Lando convened an unusual and historic meeting at his home on Wednesday, gathering dozens of Haredi professionals and senior businessmen. The gathering, organized by the unofficial 'Amaylim Staff' of the Degel HaTorah party, aimed to mobilize Haredi individuals who work for a living to vote for United Torah Judaism in the upcoming elections. This marks the first time such a meeting has been held before an election.
Rabbi Lando, in a rare move, met with the group for an extended period, listening to their grievances. Many attendees expressed frustration that the party was not adequately addressing the needs of working Haredim, leading some to consider voting for other parties. Rabbi Raphael Man reportedly informed Rabbi Lando of these concerns.
In response, Rabbi Lando delivered a lengthy address and read a letter emphasizing the religious obligation to vote for the Haredi party, identified as "List G." He warned that voting for other, especially new, lists would jeopardize the future of Torah observance for their descendants. "Any abstention from voting, let alone voting for new lists, however they may be, is a very great loss," he stated, urging attendees and their families to vote for List G to ensure their descendants remain on the path of Torah.
Rabbi Lando also pledged to approach United Torah Judaism lawmakers and party leadership to find ways to assist and address issues related to education and other concerns of working Haredim, promising to establish Torah study classes for them. He declared, "You are part of the world of Torah. We have one outlook, and this public is an integral part of the party."
This meeting follows other pre-election events organized by Rabbi Lando, including a recent emergency gathering of prominent rabbis in Bnei Brak where he stressed the importance of every vote, and a strengthening tour in the north with Rabbi G. M. Hirsch, which included stops in Harish, Haifa, and Ofakim.
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