President of the State Yitzhak Herzog arrived last night (Monday) at the home of the president of the Council of Torah Sages of Degel, Maran Rosh Yeshiva HaGerg Edelstein, and met with him along with United Torah Judaism Chairman Moshe Gafni and the mayor of Bnei Brak and secretary of the council, Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein.
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We are now revealing in a first publication the content of what was said in the room.
The head of the yeshiva told President Herzog: "It is very important that the public know the president's opinion that the continuation of Jewish tradition is the main thing that strengthens the Jewish people, and the majority of the people are abroad, the State of Israel is only a minority, and they exist and do not assimilate, without a state, for how many years? For two thousand years, they have been holding on without assimilation. A people on their own, a people that will dwell alone, that is the power of the Torah! The power of tradition.".
The Rosh Yeshivah repeated twice in his remarks the foundation of Jewish tradition: "Beware of assimilation" - and mentioned the Jews of the Diaspora who constitute the majority of the Jewish people in the world.
A week ago, President Herzog caused a stir when he spoke out in favor of Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, who supported the rights of Reform Jews at the Southern Western Wall, and was severely criticized for this in the newspaper Yated Ne'eman, where an editorial against the president of the state was published.
Now, during his visit, the yeshiva head hinted to him that it would be appropriate for the president of the state to change his mind about the assimilation in the world that is being created by the Reformers.
