As the Emanuel fathers continue serving their two-week prison sentence, former Shas leader Aryeh Deri appears to be making progress towards a solution that may bring an end to the unprecedented affair. Deri has been working with a vaad, a committee, one that includes prominent names towards hammering out a solution.
Kol HaChareidi is reporting that the members of the vaad are going to appear before the High Court of Justice on Sunday and detail the points of the agreement, which reportedly received the bracha of the Sanz Rebbe Shlita.
Prominent Yerushalmi Sanz chossid Dayan Rav Yaakov Cohen reports the Rebbe Shlita has endorsed the agreement. Rav Cohen is the author of the sefer Emek HaMishpat and was a dayan in the beis din of HaGaon HaRav Nissim Karelitz Shlita, and today serves as a dayan on a private beis din.
The limited information available indicates that Dayan Cohen has been working with HaGaon HaRav David Yosef, and he already contacted R’ Aryeh Deri to become involved before the father were imprisoned, but that effort failed. It appears that Dayan Cohen was not deterred and continued his efforts, albeit behind the scenes.
Deri brought prominent attorney Ram Caspi into the picture, also known for being a top notch negotiator. Other personalities involved include HaGaon HaRav Yosef Efrati Shlita, Deputy Minister Meir Porush, MK Moshe Gafne, and Yoav Lalum. Reports indicate that Dayan Cohen has been seen over recent days at the home of the Slonimer Rebbe Shlita.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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Why are they including yoav lalum sr”y?
Turning a dispute over the level of halachic observance (parents wanting their kids not to hang out with kids who watch television) and preservation of minority customs (Ashkenazi customs) INTO an “ethnic conflict” is part of the conspiracy of the hilonim (may Ha-Shem blot out their names) to undermine Torah and Mitsvos. R. Deri undertands this, and is trying to steer the dispute in a constructive way.
The Shas own paper which can be viewed on their website, I believe it is shasnet.co.il, calls it discrimination and calls on sephardim to send their children to sephardi schools. One article states “why be a 2nd or 3rd class citizen”. It also appears that a solution is that a sephardi school is being opened in emmanual.nowhere on the site or paper does it call mr lalum by any derogatory name. The author of the YWN article should be ashamed of himself for that story.