At the end of the rabbinical meeting of the committee that selects the candidate for the position of Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi on behalf of Religious Zionism, the rabbis of the committee, headed by Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, chose Rabbi Meir Kahane as the national religious candidate for the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
This is a drama in Religious Zionism, since Minister Bezalel Smotrich supported Rabbi Micha Halevy's candidacy and set out knowing that the committee he established would also decide.
Rabbi Micha Halevy (Archive), Photo: Coco
A concluding statement issued by the committee stated: "At the conclusion of the meeting of the rabbis of the selection committee, and after hearing all the nominated rabbis who presented their candidacy, the committee's rabbis chose Rabbi Meir Kahane Shlita as the national religious candidate for the Ashkenazi rabbi as the Chief Rabbinate of Israel."
It added that "if the legal situation changes, the committee will reconvene to discuss the issue."
Michael Malkieli (Archive), Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
It should be noted that the committee includes 40 rabbis, and this morning 35 of them convened and decided that despite the announcement by the Minister of Religious Affairs that the elections for the Chief Rabbinate would be postponed, by a majority of 27 to 8, they wanted to hold the elections now.
Minister of Religious Affairs Michael Malkieli decided to extend the terms of the two chief rabbis by six months, thereby postponing the elections that were supposed to be held in early August. Israel Hayom has learned that during the week, the Ministry of Religious Affairs held lengthy discussions on how to respond to a petition pending in the High Court of Justice demanding that the elections be postponed because of the municipal elections. In the end, it was decided that the elections would be postponed for nearly a year.
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