Chief Rabbi Visits Father's Grave, Prays for Torah World Before Voting

On Tuesday morning, moments before casting his vote, Rabbi David Yosef, the First to the Chief Rabbi and Chief Rabbi of Israel, visited the grave of his father, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, at the Sanhedria cemetery in Jerusalem. During his visit, Rabbi Yosef offered an emotional prayer, asking his father to continue to intercede in heaven for the protection of the people of Israel and for the strengthening of religious and Torah institutions in the Land of Israel. "We ask Father, our master Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who fought his entire life for the sanctity of Israel, to stand and plead before God to protect the people of Israel in the Land of Israel," the Chief Rabbi said at the grave. He also prayed for "the decrees of the hour," asking that "the strength of Judaism, of those who observe Torah and commandments, will prevail and they will not succeed in harming us, against our holy Torah, against the observance of commandments, against Torah scholars, and against faithful Judaism and observance of commandments. May we continue, and rather, from strength to strength, merit to increase and glorify Torah. Amen, so may it be His will."

Following the prayer and remembrance of names at the holy grave, the First to the Chief Rabbi proceeded to a polling station near his home to cast his vote. He urged the public to come out and influence the outcome for the sake of Israel's sanctity and the elevation of Torah. Earlier reports mentioned Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stating, "If the other side forms a government, it will be a government of Mansour Abbas," and Aryeh Deri warning of "expected very high voter turnout in the strongholds of the left and the Arab sector."