After the attack on Finance Minister Smotrich, Rabbi Ben Zion Motzafi clarifies: “There were not good and offensive expressions there.” The rabbi added: “I apologize with all my heart for what was said”
After attacking the Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and calling him “serious”, the head of the “Bnei Zion” yeshiva, Rabbi Ben Zion Motzafi, one of the great Sephardic rabbis, apologizes for his words. “Regarding the things I said on the night of the 10th of Tevet in the lesson, in which I criticized the lowering of the tax on sugary drinks,” said the Gaon Rabbi Ben Zion Mozafi. “Unfortunately, there were bad and offensive phrases that were said from “Eidna Dritaha” that should not have been said. I apologize with all my heart for what was said, and ask for forgiveness from those who were hurt by them,” he clarified.
As I recall, following the joy in the ultra-Orthodox public over the decision to lower the tax on the sweet drink served by Lieberman, Rabbi Ben Zion Mozafi, one of the great Sephardic rabbis, attacked in his lesson the decision of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
“What fools these are,” said the rabbi to Shumei Lako, “this donkey is going to lower the tax on sugary drinks, idiot. We are the number one country in amputations, where does this come from? From the disease of diabetes, we passed the million of diabetics, over ten percent of the population, It’s the known ones.”
The rabbi went on to attack: “There are those who have silent diabetes who have not discovered it. Diabetes comes when you eat sugar, drink sweets, it also makes you fat, and also brings terrible diseases, diabetes is a terrible plague.”
According to the rabbi, he understands the cancellation of the tax on the one-time drink, but not the cancellation of the tax on sugary drinks: “Here comes this fool, one-time, I understand you, fine, take it down, but the first thing is sugary drinks in the morning, what happened?”.