The President of the First Chief Rabbinical Council of Israel, the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, today (Tuesday) urgently addressed the Speaker, Adv.
In the letter, the Chief Rabbi of Israel claims that Minister Kahana signed the regulations "by snatch".
According to Rabbi Yosef, the signed regulations "sterilize the powers of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and severely harm the rabbis of the cities in Israel and make them rabbis 'on behalf of' the doers of political elements of the Minister of Religious Affairs."
He added that "the regulations signed are a continuation of the trend of politicization and destruction of religious services in Israel, introducing reform factors to decision-making centers in religious matters, improperly using governmental tools of 'secondary legislation' and circumventing the will of the voter, without any consultation with Israel's chief rabbis. The Rabbinate, the Chief Rabbinate Council. "
In a letter sent to the ombudsman, he noted several violations of the regulations. For the appointment of the rabbi.
"This is the deprivation of large and complete communities that need a rabbi according to their needs," he wrote in the appeal.
"An unimaginable situation."
Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, Photo: Yehuda Peretz
The letter emphasized that "the appointment of a mayor should be made by an incumbent dayan who comes from the Torah world, as has always been the practice. And to turn it from a spiritual institution I went to, an institution devoid of any spiritual content. "
Rabbi Yosef argued that "the determination that a woman is portrayed as a member of the assembly electing the 'rabbi' standard is a serious loophole that has never been seen before, and may invalidate the legitimacy of the appointment of the rabbi to be elected in this way."
As for the regulation according to which the Election Commission may disqualify a candidate for the position of mayor even though he holds the position of mayor religiously and lawfully, and even though the Rabbinical Council has determined that his conduct is appropriate to the status of rabbi in Israel, he may reconsider , The rabbi explained that "the 'political' committee will disqualify candidates at will, in accordance with the political positions of the head of the authority and the minister
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this is an impossible situation, deprivation of the Chief Rabbinical Council of its powers The government. "
Severe criticism from the Chief Rabbi of Israel.
Minister Kahana, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
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