Deputy Minister of Religions Matan Kahana recently asked to reach agreements with Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef in order to appoint agreed judges to the regional rabbinical courts and the Grand Rabbinical Court, but the chief rabbi's office refused to cooperate with him.
Regarding the appointment of dayanim, it has been customary for years to make the appointments by dividing the cake into thirds - one-third of the appointed dayanim are ultra-Orthodox-Ashkenazi, one-third ultra-Orthodox-Sephardic and one-third dayanim from religious Zionism.
On the agenda are appointments of 15 judges in total, of which six are judges in the Grand Court and nine are judges in the regional courts.
The appointments all go up for approval by the Committee for the Appointment of Judges, of which the Minister of Religions, or in this case the Deputy Minister of Religions, has a majority.
Recently, a number of inquiries were made from the office of Deputy Minister Kahana to Rabbi Yosef's staff in an attempt to reach agreements with him and the ultra-Orthodox factions regarding the identity of the dayanim, in order to meet this tradition, but encountered a checkpoint.
Rabbi Yosef has been boycotting the deputy minister for many months due to kosher and conversion reforms, and refuses to discuss with him so that no agreements could be reached.
"Israel Today" has learned that Deputy Minister Kahana is determined to carry out the appointments in the near future, so for the first time in a long time he will probably appoint judges without the consent of the chief rabbi.
At the same time, a political source said, he intends to stick to the traditional division and not prioritize one sector or another.
As far as the ultra-Orthodox factions are concerned, contacts are still being made with them in an attempt to reach agreements.
Deputy Kahana's office responded: "With the help of the name, we will bring about the selection of wonderful and dedicated judges for the people of Israel who will be examined only according to their suitability for the position. We work to reach agreements in appointing judges with those who wish to reach agreements."
Rabbi Yosef and Deputy Minister Kahana have been on a collision course for several months.
Last November, Rabbi Yosef called Kahana "the pilot" and claimed "this loophole that any rabbi he wants will give kosher - all this is done by the Minister of Religions to please David Satyu, this conservative said he has no reverence for him. He (Kahana, HG) does All in order to please him (of Rabbi Satyu, HG) to have the kosher of Tzohar rabbis. And who knows what destruction it will be? ".
About two weeks ago, after the city rabbis' regulations were approved, the chief rabbi turned to Attorney General Gali in Rabbi Miara and demanded her intervention:
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