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Rabbi Lau bypasses the Minister of Religions and will act as the head of the actual conversion system Israel today

2022-01-12T09:40:23.538Z


In a letter sent to the Civil Service Commissioner, the Chief Rabbi announced that he would assume all the responsibility of the head of the conversion system • He also mentioned that according to the government decision "the conversion system in the State of Israel will operate according to Jewish law


Chief Rabbi David Lau, who serves as president of the Great Rabbinical Court, bypasses Minister of Religions Matan Kahana, and makes a significant move to halt the reform in conversion.

According to the reform, new details of which are expected to be published this afternoon (Wednesday), city rabbis will be able to establish conversion courts, but now Rabbi Lau announces that he will take full responsibility for the head of the conversion system, thus solely controlling the question of who will be defined as a Jew in Israel. .

In a letter to the Civil Service Commissioner, he mentions that according to the government's decision, "the conversion system in the State of Israel will operate according to Jewish law and will be guided by the president of the Great Court," noting that throughout the years On the implementation of the halakhic guidelines of the President of the Tribunal in the conversion system.

Minister of Religions Matan Kahana, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

In the letter, Rafael Altman, head of the Office of the President of the Great Court, announces that "in the current situation, in which the term of office of the representative appointed by the President of the Court was terminated, and the heavy halakhic responsibility still rests on the President, there is no choice but to To do this job himself in accordance with his authority. "

"The president of the tribunal announces that he will use his legal authority and take on all the duties and powers in the conversion system, so that in fact the appointment of the head of the conversion system is uprooted.

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Source: israelhayom

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