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Top Rabbi Condemns Violence Against Peer as 'False Zealotry'
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By כיכר השבת, חנני ברייטקופף
First reported by Behadrei Haredim · 1 day ago
What happened
Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch sent a letter of support to Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Fabelzon, condemning disruptions to Fabelzon's classes by extremists as "false zealotry" and "desecration of God's name."
- 01Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch supports Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Fabelzon.
- 02Hirsch calls extremist disruptions 'false zealotry'.
- 03The violence is seen as desecrating God's name.
- 04Fabelzon's classes have been repeatedly disrupted.
- 05Extremists disrupted Tisha B'Av services at Fabelzon's yeshiva.
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