The prosecution announced on Wednesday that it is closing the criminal case against prominent rav and rosh yeshiva Rabbi Yoram Abarjil Shlita due to a lack of evidence against him. The rav was suspected of playing a hand in bribery and law-breaking surrounding the last municipal election in Netivot.
About a half a year ago the rabbi was taken into custody as he was heading to the airport for a flight to China. He was remanded for a number of days and then ordered to remain under house arrest.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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I wanted to take my family to see Rav Abarjil for a bracha when he came to Queens recently but was left uncertain after all the headlines the Israeli media put out on him. I am sure it is all false and I can see from the Rabbi’s face that he looks like a big tzaddik. Does anyone have any experience seeing the rabbi or know anything about him? I would love to take my children to see him in Israel when we are there for Shavuos.
It is unconscionable for a supposedly Jewish country to treat rabbanim with such contempt. How can we expect the world to have respect for rabbanim and Torah if we ourselves treat them so shamefully?
The country is Jewish but the Government Of Israel, aka the GOI, is nothing more than a Judenrat subservient to its various Goyish masters. There are many Kosher Jews who serve in the Knesset but they have no real influence on events. It is the Erev Rav controlled unJustice and inSecruity systems that make and execute policy.