Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto was released from Nitzan Prison on Wednesday morning 27 Teves. There was no crowd, just a driver and a gabbai were on hand.

The rav completed serving ten months in prison term that was a part of the plea bargain agreement he accepted in his bribery trial. It is reported that while in prison he wrote 15 seforim in addition to a number of kuntrasim. Rabbi Pinto had a difficult time as he was also undergoing chemotherapy while serving his sentence.

It was reported that he was heading directly to Kever Rashbi from prison where he will be participating in a hachnasas Sefer Torah.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: Media Resource Group)