In preparation for the approaching Yom Kippur, we conducted a festive holiday interview at the Kippah with Rabbi David Pandel, head of Yeshiva Sderot. In the interview, the rabbi talked about his educational outlook, his choice in the city of Sderot, the reasons for the impressive growth in his yeshiva and many other factors. Among the many topics, the rabbi also referred to the move by Bennett and his right wing members in the establishment of the government of change, which in the meantime had time to disintegrate.
Rabbi Pandel’s request for forgiveness: “As a public we need to ask for forgiveness”
In preparation for the holiday, Rabbi Pandel chose to ask for forgiveness from members of the Yamina Party, led by Bennett, for actions that, according to him, should not have been done. “On this occasion, I do want to apologize, if there were too many offensive words or insults in public. If there is a politician from the senior ranks who called him a traitor, called his wife derogatory words, crook, and the children were called the worst possible names. I think that as a public we should apologize, We should have protested more against such phenomena that you go down rudely.”
Watch Rabbi Pandel’s apology:
“We wanted so badly for it to fall, for it to stop, but I had to be strong”
The rabbi clarified that the things were done in the heat of the controversy and that he made it clear to the party members the consequences of their actions: “The controversy is real, it is fierce, with every fiber of my soul I think they were wrong, I told them this before, after, during the process. It was a mistake, we were Together. We don’t strengthen the left. They told me many times it’s just words, we have a veto right, let them talk. These are idle things as far as I’m concerned, words have meaning.”
Bennett. Will he accept the apology? | Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
The rabbi repeated the apology again: “I’ll say it again: I have to ask for forgiveness for not protesting enough about phenomena that in the end only made things go further and did not lead to the desired result. In the end, these are forbidden acts, calling women and children derogatory names, you have to be careful. If there are people on the fringes who don’t Be careful, maybe we should have protested more, for that I apologize and regret that I wasn’t man enough. We wanted so much for it to fall, for it to stop, but I had to be strong and say: it’s not.”
The full interview will be published on the eve of Yom Kippur at the Kippa
Rabbi David Pandel, the head of Yeshiva Sderot, apologizes to Naftali Bennett and his Yamina friends for not protesting enough against those who hurled insulting words at them and their family: “As a public we need to ask for forgiveness, we should have protested more. The controversy is sharp, but in the end these are forbidden acts “.
The full interview on the eve of Yom Kippur in the Kippa pic.twitter.com/IIu7xK4hS8— אביחישראל (@AvichayIsrael) September 30, 2022