Shas party leader Minister Aryeh Deri met last week with Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita to discuss the appointment of dayanim to area batei din. The meeting was held in the rav’s home in the Sanhedria neighborhood of Yerushalayim.

Kikar Shabbos News reports that Deri was in the rav’s home on a number of occasions of late to discuss making peace in the Sephardi camp, as reported by YWN-ISRAEL.

Shas is now working to expedite the appointment of dayanim before Rav Yosef steps down as Av Beis Din of the Chief Rabbinate Supreme Beis Din to rotate with Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau Shlita. One of the names being backed by Shas is Rabbi Eliyahu Amar, a dayan and son of Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlita.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)