Amir Ettinger, Knitted News12.01.22 19:27 Y. Bishvat Tishpev
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Hours after the Minister of Religious Affairs Matan Kahana published his conversion law, the elders of the crocheted rabbis publish a letter in which they write that changing the law without coordination with the Chief Rabbinate Will lead to unconsciousness in conversions.
“The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is the one that gives the State of Israel its unique weight and Jewish character. It is the only body authorized to conduct religious affairs in the country.”
The letter is signed by the rabbis of time Hatova, including: Rabbi Chaim Druckman, Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, Rabbi Chaim Steiner, Rabbi Eitan Izman, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Rabbi Tzafania Drori, Rabbi David Chai HaCohen, Rabbi Uri Cohen, Rabbi Elyakim Lebanon , Rabbi Isser Klonsky, Rabbi Mordechai Sternberg, Rabbi Yaakov Shapira and the organization’s secretary – Rabbi Yosef Artziel.
Rabbi Chaim Druckman at a meeting of the Chief Rabbinate Council
The rabbis’ letter against the conversion
The rabbis oppose Kahana’s two main changes: the kashrut reform that has already been passed in the Arrangements Law and the Conversion Law, which was published for the first time today. “The conversion process has many implications for the existence and unity of the people of Israel, it must continue to be under the authority of the Chief Rabbinate only. The kashrut system must also continue to operate under the authority and responsibility of the Chief Rabbinate. All its determinations are binding.”
The important line for Kahana is the lack of recognition of conversions: ““Everything he does on these and other religious issues without full coordination with the Chief Rabbinate will not be recognized by us.”
This scathing letter continues the line of most knitted rabbis, against the conversion outline and against the kashrut outline led by Kahana. Last week, Rabbi Chaim Druckman arrived at the meeting of the Chief Rabbinate Council to sign a document opposing the conversion law without coordination with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
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