A week after Channel 2 released the damaging video showing Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L speaking out against Aryeh Deri, the Shas party leader spoke with Channel 2’s Elena Dayan, the host of the “Uvda” (Fact) program, on Sunday night the eve of 14 Teves.
Deri told Dayan at present he is uncertain regarding his return to politics, insisting this was not an act but he sincerely does not know what he will do in the future. Deri added that a number of rabbonim told him that Eli Yishai showed them the video before it was released, promising them he was not going to release it to the public. This occurred a month before the video was aired by Channel 2.
Earlier in the day, Rebitzen Yehudit Yosef told Channel 2 News at 6 PM that Maran knew he was being recorded, but it was for private use and security benefit only.
Mrs. Yehudit Yosef told Channel 2 that the leak of the video to the media was very bad because, that personal items were leaked to the general public and thereby exposing their private lives. “It is simply not nice at all and we are very angry”, Rebitzen Yosef added.
“I could have used this five of six years ago but I didn’t. I could have defended myself but I did not because we don’t want to expose our private lives regarding what occurred in the home with the rav. Certainly we haven’t any interest in releasing this a year after the rav was niftar for this is not our way”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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In other words Rebitzen Yehudit Yosef acknowledges that her father Maran zt”l knew he was being recorded. As was his wont whatever the circumstances, he still spoke the truth without fear or favor. And what he said, which is after all the ikar here, not that it was not nice to make the video public, was that Aryeh Deri is a thief and a wicked man. Saying that the conversation was recorded for “security benefit” only makes it worse. I read that as Maran zt”l being fearful that one day Deri would need to be put in his place. That day has come.
Why is Deri showing his face anywhere?
He is clever to leave a sinking ship. Shas would not get many votes anyway.
Rabbanit Yehudit Yosef, was a daughter in law to Chacham Ovadia, ztk”l. Almost all of Chacham Ovadia’s lectures weren’t only broadcast country-wide but worldwide. He was not afraid of modern technology considering how it advanced and accomplished the masses learning more Torah. There were many taped conversations between Chacham Ovadia, ztk”l and Maran Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg, ztk”l. Chacham Ovadia, ztk”l was a very intuitive person and even though it was never fully disclosed to the public, he had all the koach of a Mekubel, as he was one. I know people that prayed at the Rav’s minyan for over 20 plus years and they never saw Deri pray there on any Shabbat. Eli Yishai was there every Shabbat without fail.