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Chief rabbi: In whose merit were we saved? The Chief of Staff's?
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef slams heads of hesder yeshivas, who demanded he rescind his statements.
Chief rabbi under fire for crediting yeshivas, not army, with Israel’s survival in war
Critics slam Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, with one retorting that by that logic, the rabbi himself ‘should go to jail with his supporters for their failure on October 7’
Rabbi David Stav, the chairman of the modern Orthodox Tzohar organization, which offers religious services to Israelis and is seen as an alternative to dealing with the ultra-Orthodox-dominated Chief Rabbinate, also condemned Yosef’s comments.
“There is no contradiction between recognizing the importance of the Torah and those who study, and the duty to obey the Torah’s orders and go to war to save Israel from its enemies,” he said.
He added that the chief rabbi’s “words of disdain against the IDF chief of staff and soldiers in the midst of the war are ungrateful and blasphemous.”
*Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef spoke Saturday night about the missile barrage on Israel, saying that the Torah learners are the ones protecting the citizens of Israel.
"Thirteen thousand missiles were thrown at the country - what miracles. By whose merit is it? In the merit of the Chief of Staff? In the merit of the Torah learners, the yeshiva students. This is the correct perspective," he said.
"A few hesder yeshiva deans...called on me to rescind my statements. I said that I will not rescind them. Anyone who does not believe in this is a heretic."
Last month, Rabbi Yosef drew ire for comments on the Draft Law, when he said, "There are young men who are serving in reserves there, not everyone merits to learn Torah. We all merited to be yeshiva students who are exempted from the army? But the Tribe of Levi is exempted from the army. They do not draft them, under any circumstances. No matter what. If they force us to join the army - we will all travel abroad. We will buy tickets...there is no such thing."
"All of these secular people who do not understand this - they need to understand that without the Torah, without the yeshivas - there would be no existence, they would not have success in the army. Whatever is successful, the army, it is only in the merit of the soldiers.... sorry, the Torah learners. The soldiers are successful in the merit of the Torah learners. Rabbis, everyone needs to say this with pride. Yes, we busy ourselves with Torah, and the Torah is what protects us."