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Israel's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef commented today (Friday) on the things he said last week, which caused a public uproar.
Rabbi Yosef said: "On this occasion I would like to make it clear - on Shabbat night we talked about the value of the Torah that protects the people of Israel. For various reasons there were people who intentionally twisted things, and published as if, God forbid, we hurt the bereaved families, and the soldiers who give their lives to protect the inhabitants of this land."
The rabbi claimed that they made political use of his words and twisted them, and that contrary to what they said, one should pray every day for the soldiers, that they return home safely.
However, he did not directly address the statements that caused the storm, according to which "If they force us to go to the army - we will all go abroad." As I recall, at the end of last week Yosef said: "The seculars need to understand that without the Torah - the army would not have been successful.
We saw how the army succeeded on October 7."
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The chief rabbi repeated what he said at the beginning of the war: "I would like to make it clear that God forbid this harms the bereaved families. They lost the most precious thing to them and made a huge sacrifice. The soldiers who were killed are generally those killed for the sanctification of God, and already at the beginning of the war we talked about it in several places , whose rank is high in the sky, and in the Book of the Apothecary he writes that there are seven rows up in the sky in front of God, who enjoy the glory of the Shechinah.
And in the first row sit those who are killed because they are Jews.
And no creature can stand between them."
He alluded only indirectly to the things that outraged many in the political system, saying: "All of our words on Shabbat evening were solely in praise of the Torah that we must continue and strengthen the study of the Torah.
But surely it is obligatory to pray every day for the soldiers who give their lives for the residents of this country, that they will return home to a good life and peace".
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