Rabbi Lior against the Chief Rabbinate: 'I fear the motive for his words was political and not halakhic'"

June 19, 2022   

The attack of the Chief of Staff: Last night (Saturday night), Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attacked Knesset Member Itamar Ben-Gvir in his weekly class for his ascension to the Temple Mount, contrary to the position of the great men of Israel. It's worth eating healthy: healthy recipes for snacks and family meals Ben Gvir said in response that he respects the Chief Rabbi, but he follows the rulings of his rabbi - Rabbi Dov Lior, one of the greatest rabbis of religious Zionism. In the afternoon, Rabbi Dov Lior addressed the storm for the first time in a conversation with 'Israel Hayom', and came to his disciple's defense: "There is reason to fear that the reason for the Chief Rabbi's words is political and not halakhic." He added: "My position regarding the Temple Mount is known, it's no secret. I say that there are places where it is forbidden to be and there are places where it is permitted, and it is important that the people of Israel go up there." He emphasized: "There is reason to fear that these things are coming for a political reason. I cannot be 100 percent sure, but there is reason to fear." In a video from his weekly class last night, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was recorded attacking: "There is a man called Ben Gvir, entered the Temple Mount like that, openly, what a blasphemy against God, to go against all the true great men of Israel. Pay attention, think for a moment, you fool. Is your rabbi like all these rabbis? These are all the great rabbis who forbade it, dozens of dozens of rabbis. "Who caused this? Those rabbis who would say that it is permissible to enter, they caused this obstacle – the grave sin on their necks. And here comes a Knesset member who goes up to the Temple Mount, stirring up the spirits, and also violates every command of the great rabbis of Israel. Oh, alas, we need to stay away from these things, stay away from him and all his leadership – what leadership? To enter the Temple Mount like that?'.