Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri was recorded tonight (Saturday night) In the weekly shiur of the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, when he updates him on the coalition negotiations.
Deri whispered, without knowing that the microphone was already active: "We have coalition negotiations, they are already starting, there is a great war over religions, may God have mercy on us.".
Later, during the lesson, the Prime Minister addressed the demands of the Haredi parties in the negotiations and the issues that required correction.
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""There are many things to fix," said Rabbi Yosef. "We saw in the last year in the Chief Rabbinate what they have messed up with regard to kashrut. They fed carrion and prey to the Jewish people. The issue of kashrut needs to be fixed. The conversion system needs to be fixed so that everything is according to Halacha. We need to bring all the secular people together, God forbid throwing them in the dump. Love of Israel means loving everyone.".
The Chief Justice added that the budgets for yeshivas and kollels should be significantly increased: "A few years ago, avrechims would receive 900 shekels a month. We need to return that and give them double, triple and quadruple times what we give them.".
Rabbi Yosef emphasized: "I don't get involved in politics, but the Torah has won." Despite this, he referred to the portfolios that Shas may receive in the next government and said: "There is the religious portfolio, there is the interior portfolio, the finance portfolio, all kinds of important portfolios. Rabbi Aryeh will take them and handle them.".
The battle for the Ministry of Religious Services is one of the biggest upcoming battles expected in the coalition negotiations, with both Shas and the Religious Zionist Party vying for the portfolio.
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Smotrich and Ben Gvir's list demands that they lay hands on the religious services sector - a sector that was controlled for many years by Shas, except for the last year when MK Matan Kahane served as minister - while Shas has no intention of giving up the outpost.
As reported in Haredim 10, direct meetings are already underway between Deri and Smotrich in an attempt to find a solution that will please both sides. The agreements will also include an agreement on the appointment of the chief rabbis - Haredi and National Religious.
News 12 reporter Yair Sharki published the prominent names for the position of Chief Rabbis, who will be elected in August 2023: Rabbi Yehuda Deri, brother of Aryeh Deri, and Rabbi David Yosef, son of Rabbi Ovadia Zetzl and brother of the incumbent Rishon LeZion.
Accordingly, the Ashkenazi rabbi will likely be a religious Zionist. One of the prominent names is Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, Rosh Yeshiva of the Merkaz HaRav and son of former Chief Rabbi Rabbi Avraham Shapira. However, for him to be able to run, the age limit in the law must be changed.
Other names that came up: Rabbi Dayan Eliezer Igra, and Rabbi Micha Halevi, Chief Rabbi of Petah Tikva.
On Thursday, Michael Shemesh published a recording on Kan News in which Moshe Gafni is seen coming out against Deri and saying that he will not give everything to the Shas chairman: "I will not let Deri be responsible for religions. We can reach an understanding by tomorrow.".
