Shas Movement Chairman Aryeh Deri, accompanied by his future son-in-law, went to the homes of the great rabbis of Israel to invite them and receive their blessings ahead of his daughter's wedding, which will take place in about a week. Among the rabbis Deri visited were the Rabbi Shteinman, the Rabbi Halevi Wasner, the Rabbi Cohen, the Rabbi Adani, the Rabbi Kanievsky, the Rabbi Idelstein, the Rabbi Greenman, the Rabbi Povarsky, the Rabbi Mazuz, the Rashaltz Rabbi Yosef, the Rabbi Ben Shimon, and the Rabbi Korach.
During the conversation with the elders of Israel, Deri presented them with the economic decrees on the Torah world and the cancellation of the income guarantee for the Abrahim last week by Judge Elyakim Rubenstein.
In a conversation with Rabbi Wasner, Deri spoke about the great development of the Sephardic world: "Maran always said that when he studied at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva, there were only seventy young men, there were no more. I also studied at Porat Yosef in Geula and there were five Sephardic yeshiva," Deri said. "Together, we had five hundred students. Today, according to the Yeshiva Board, between fifty and sixty percent of the Torah world is Sephardic, more than the Ashkenazi and Hasidim combined. We, in our network alone, have over one thousand three hundred students who graduate from eighth grade every year and go to small yeshivahs. Several of our small yeshivahs are opened every year, and they want to destroy that. At this rate, according to the government's behavior, we too will soon become Satmar. There is nothing left to take from them." Rabbi Wasner blessed him to stand firm against the haters of the Torah.
Rabbi on Rubinstein: "Pray for him that he may repent""
Also during Deri's visit to the home of Rabbi Kanievsky, Deri spoke about the decrees against the Torah world. During the conversation, the Rabbi asked Deri, "Do you get along with them?" Deri replied, "I feel like the Choni of the Circle, it's a completely different language, it's hard to talk to them, it's a difficult experience," Deri said, and the Rabbi blessed him to continue to sanctify the name of the sky.
Meanwhile, Deri presented to the Rabbi the cancellation of budgets for avrechims by Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, who wears a kippah on his head, and noted the great difficulty for avrechims who are working in Torah these days. The Rabbi replied: "Pray for him that he may repent and have complete recovery, and that he may love Israel.".
During Deri's visit to the home of Rabbi Edelstein, he spoke about the severe hardship of the kollel Abrahim, who are also required to pay tuition, especially when there are several children involved and they cannot afford it.
Deri noted that when he was Director General of the Ministry of the Interior, it was easy to achieve things, but today it is impossible to achieve anything in the world of Torah, "literally one thing and the other.".
Rabbi Edelstein asked Deri to inspire the generous people to help the world of Torah, "We need to help as much as possible the Torah institutions and kollels so that they can pay honorably to the avrechim who work hard on their Talmud.".
Fellowship with Rabbi David Cohen
In a conversation with the Garav Povarsky, Deri discussed Torah innovations with the Garav and even told him about studying every week in the community with the Rosh Yeshiva of Hebron, the Garav Cohen. The Garav blessed the groom, noting that he had been blessed and entered a good home and that he had a commitment to be great in Torah and fear of God.
The Gabbad of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Korach, also received Deri with great respect. In the conversation, the Rabbi reminisced and reminded Deri of his great work in appointing judges and his concern for the rabbis of Yemen. In his words, he noted that years ago, one of the candidates for the position was a member of the rabbis of Yemen and his financial situation was tight, and the person who assisted him in his selection was Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri.
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