Deputy Minister of Religious Services (Bayit Yehudi) Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan told Knesset TV that the party has yet to make a decision as to which candidate it will back in the race to become the next Rishon L’Tzion.

Ben-Dahan admits that “we are under enormous pressure” to still push through the bill that would permit Rabbi Moshe Shlomo Amar to serve a second term. Ben-Dahan added if this effort is unsuccessful, the party would be proactive towards the election of its candidate for the post in addition to backing Rabbi David Stav to become the next Chief Rabbi of Israel.

Ben-Dahan added that speaking personally; he supports the candidacy of Tzfas Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu for the post of Rishon L’Tzion.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)