The TV presenter explained why she supports the rabbi, who was at the center of a public outcry following his opposition to the Corona vaccines • "He is not a guru for celebs"
Swallows his lessons.
Tzufit Grant
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Gideon Markowitz
The turmoil in dealing with the corona crisis and vaccine opponents continues, and continues to cause a rift between the ultra-Orthodox and the secular in the nation.
One of the names associated with the resistance to vaccines is Rabbi Yuval HaCohen Asherov.
In the meantime, he has been imitated in "A Wonderful Land," and at the same time quite a few celebrities are advertising their support or opposition to his remarks.
One of the celebrities who expressed support for the rabbi and won, as expected, a flood of reactions on the issue, is Scout Grant.
The most common question in my life is "How do you contain, and not in vain," Grant opened the post she posted to Facebook over the weekend. "This is a perfectly legitimate question, because for decades dozens of people have approached me on a daily basis with unbearable problems, parental alienation, loss. Sanity, insane bureaucracy, abuse of one kind or another and more and more.
The truth is that the answer to that is complex, "Grant replied, adding:" But a large part of my ability to cope and contain all this pain that goes through me is related to Rabbi Yuval HaCohen Asherov.
"Yes, the great and righteous, wise, generous and kind-hearted rabbi and teacher (in my opinion the best in the world) Yuval HaCohen Asherov accompanies me on a daily basis. For years I have been devouring his lessons in every spare moment and learning about the bride, about boundaries, about The meaning of faith, devotion, giving, the purity of the word, endless light and free space and more. "
The most common question in my life is "How do you contain it?" And not for nothing, it is a completely legitimate question because for years, dozens of people have turned to me, about ...
Posted by Scout Grant - Tsufit Grant on Friday, February 12, 2021
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Grant later elaborated that they also share a vegan way of life and repeatedly stressed that "he is not a guru for celebs," a claim that has been voiced against the rabbi many times recently.
"He is not a guru because he does not force anyone to do what he offers (apparently I chose to get vaccinated). He is not a guru because he does not punish anyone in the world who thinks differently from him (I have no doubt that if I turn to him for help he will not prove my choice) He is not Rabbi Yuval's guru, certainly not of celebs (in my opinion he does not even distinguish between famous and anonymous). "
"He is a wonderful person and I thank him for his existence in my life and assure him that I will always remain his student and pass on to anyone who can only learn what he learns from him. And to you the slanderers and mockers - if you think Rabbi Yuval will harm him, then know that in my humble opinion "At least there is no one in our tiny country today who has not heard of Rabbi Yuval, so I invite you to listen to lessons and enjoy his wisdom, for sure you will only benefit. Shabbat Shalom Rabbi Yuval."
Grant's post garnered several thousand likes, but also unsurprisingly sparked a heated discussion on the part of surfers, whose opinions were divided.
"Rabbi Asherov is a rare, smart, charming and humble man. He happens to be in a box that fits the agenda of several media people, but I believe time will do its thing and people will understand that the dirt, the negative image and the unnecessary labels they tried to infect him are light years away from who he really is. A little free love will not hurt nowadays, "a surfer wrote but was immediately attacked:" What does free love have to do with it? The man claims against vaccines without any logical and qualified basis. There is no love or hate here, there is charlatanry here, "an angry surfer replied.
"Some irresponsibility to lead Pike News and more in your image as opinion leaders. If a celeb or rabbis, some responsibility on the shoulders of each and every one of you, each has his own opinion whether or not, so why lead and risk human life because it does not seem to you. Who gave you The mandate for intelligence? Do not want to be vaccinated and let the country get out of the situation it has been in for about a year !!! ", a surfer raged and then added:" You chose to be offended by his name but did not address in a word the nature of the media noise around him.
If you chose to get vaccinated like you said, then you do not agree with what he said about the vaccines and did not think it was right to list that he may be wrong?
Maybe someone will listen to his words and not get vaccinated (if you got vaccinated then you think the vaccine is important for saving lives).
Health to you and the rabbi. "
"We need to stop talking about it"
Rabbi Yuval Asherov (often referred to in the media as "the rabbi of the celebs", a product of the names of celebrities associated with his name and including Orna Banai who caused a stir last week when she was interviewed for "Here 11", declared herself a denier of Corona and raised Asherov's name as authority. , As well as Rinat Gabay, Kobi Aflalo, Eden Harel and Oded Menashe and more), has aroused great anger in recent weeks due to his views on Corona and vaccines, with the center of the storm videos distributed on his behalf in which he discusses lessons he teaches about the dangers of vaccines.
After the public uproar created around him, the rabbi himself was required to address the issue last Thursday in a class he taught, in which he admitted that things had indeed gotten out of hand.
"It has reached a very bad discourse," he noted, "low and even divisive. We need to stop talking about it. We need to know when to stop because things just cause controversy and division. Everything we said we said. There is nothing to talk about it anymore, and reality will do its thing. ".
Asherov asked from now on to avoid asking him questions about corona and vaccines, but wanted to emphasize that this was not due to threats he received.
"Blessed be God, this is a free country. You can talk. Although some movies have been taken down from us. I understand them. I also apply wholeheartedly to those who have slandered. May the Holy One help and learn through the land. I am not a man of war and I do not clash with anyone. "That there will be no harm from the vaccines and that the people of Israel will be whole and healthy," he concluded.