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Top Rabbi Condemns Harassment of Fellow Lithuanian Rabbi
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First reported by JDN · 16 hours ago
What happened
Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch sent a letter condemning the "violent persecution" and "false zealotry" targeting Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Fabelzon, whose lectures have been repeatedly disrupted. The letter offers support and expresses sorrow over the harassment.
- 01Rabbi Hirsch condemned harassment against Rabbi Fabelzon as "false zealotry."
- 02The disruptions target Rabbi Fabelzon's lectures on Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah.
- 03Rabbi Hirsch stated the actions are "not the way of Torah" and cause "desecration of God's name."
- 04The letter was sent after Rabbi Fabelzon's wife detailed the harassment.
- 05Rabbi Fabelzon is a prominent, albeit controversial, Haredi thinker.
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