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Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita together with Minister of Religious Services David Azoulai met with newly-appointed dayanim to congratulate them. Nine new dayanim have been appointed to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Supreme Beis Din. Rav Yosef serves as Av Beis Din on the nation’s highest beis din.
Rav Yosef congratulated them and turned to Minister Azoulai to work with President Reuven Rivlin to have the dayanim sworn in as expeditiously as possible to begin addressing the severe backlog in cases.
In his concluding remarks, Rav Yosef advised them to act בכוחא דהיתרא when addressing an agunah, to rely on poskim who are lenient whenever possible, and to view a woman standing before the beis din as one’s own sister, trying to matir her within the boundaries of halacha whenever possible.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)