Turn away from evil: Former MK Rabbi Shlomo Beniziri said last night (Tuesday) on his weekly program on the radio station 'Kol Berama' that he was offered to participate in the reality show 'Big Brother'.
""I can tell you now," said Benizri. "Three or four months ago, Channel 2 called me and told me they were going to do a VIP Big Brother show for celebrities, and they chose me to be the representative of the Haredi world.
""They said, we'll pay you a lot of money. I understand that it's about hundreds of thousands who are willing to pay me to stay in some apartment for a month, I said to them on the spot: Unequivocally, God forbid, and they called and tried to convince...""
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Rabbi Beniziri continued: "The evil inclination told me, if you go - it's always 24-hour television, and you can say whatever messages you want. On the other hand, I checked, wait a minute, what's going on with modesty? Where is public prayer? Modesty, mainly, is what bothered me.
""They told me: God forbid. I mean, there wasn't even a present, Amina, listen, this is publicity, the whole country will talk about me, I have a chance to win money, they worry about my salary all the time, there's a lot of money, I can convey messages, more tempting? God forbid.
Benizri continued: "Do you know how many shows I didn't go to? Two weeks ago, I was invited to Channel 10, I told them, sorry, it's broadcast on Shabbat evening. They told me: We'll write that it was filmed before Shabbat. I told them: Thank you very much, I'm not coming.".
