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Mainstream Haredi Community Condemns Extremists Following Rabbi Yaakov Aharon Fraber’s Death
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First reported by Kikar HaShabbat · 1 day ago
What happened
Following Rabbi Yaakov Aharon Fraber’s death, the mainstream Haredi community condemned a small extremist faction that celebrated his passing, emphasizing that these radicals do not represent the broader Haredi public and that the majority suffers from their actions.
- 01Rabbi Yaakov Aharon Fraber’s death exposed a moral rift within the Haredi community.
- 02A small extremist group celebrated his passing, shocking the mainstream Haredi public.
- 03Mainstream Haredim reject these extremists and stress they do not represent the community.
- 04Extremists harass scholars and threaten those who oppose them, causing harm to the broader community.
- 05Media and politicians wrongly portray extremists’ actions as representative of all Haredim.
- 06The mainstream Haredi community calls for clear separation from extremists and respectful dialogue on national issues.
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