Rabbi Who Stole His Own Community's Torah Scrolls 'Defrocked' By Chief Rabbis
Israel’s haredi-controlled state-sponsored Chief Rabbinate announced
today that Rabbi Yehuda Rosilio, the former rabbi of Moshav Brosh in
southern Israel, has been ‘defrocked.’ Rosilio stole Torah scrolls from
his own community’s synagogue and sold them.
Mordechai Vaknin of Moshav Brosh poses with the community's Torah scrolls. Vaknin discovered the thefts.
Rabbi Defrocked For Stealing Torah Scrolls
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Israel’s haredi-controlled state-sponsored Chief Rabbinate announced today that Rabbi Yehuda Rosilio, the former rabbi of Moshav Brosh in southern Israel, has been ‘defrocked.’ Rosilio stole Torah scrolls from his own community’s synagogue and sold them.
He pleaded guilty late last year and his formal conviction was entered last week.
According to the the Times of Israel, the Chief Rabbinate took the action as part of what it reportedly claims is a new policy to strip the title of rabbi from any rabbi proved guilty of a crime.
The scrolls Rosilio stole are worth approximately $130,000.
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Get the frock outta here!
Posted by: Yochanan Lavie | March 13, 2013 at 12:42 PM
"Rabbi Who Stole His Own Community's Torah Scrolls" As if you care about someone stealing torah scrolls.
Moshe Aryeh Friedman also stole torah scrolls yet you call him "odd" and "strange" but otherwise you refer to him as an upright citizen.
But hey, what else to expect from the Minnesotan basement gossip girl.
Posted by: Moishe | March 13, 2013 at 12:48 PM
Maybe he was just setting the stage for the mitzvah where you pay the ransom for a scroll.
Posted by: Sarek | March 13, 2013 at 12:49 PM
Maybe he sold them them to pay the rasom for weberman and rubbishcan
Posted by: maybe | March 13, 2013 at 01:04 PM
According to the the Times of Israel, the Chief Rabbinate took the action as part of what it reportedly claims is a new policy to strip the title of rabbi from any rabbi proved guilty of a crime.
I would not bet on this to really happen
Posted by: seymour | March 13, 2013 at 01:55 PM
"According to the the Times of Israel, the Chief Rabbinate took the action as part of what it reportedly claims is a new policy to strip the title of rabbi from any rabbi proved guilty of a crime."
This should leave Israel with at least 3 or 4 rabbis.
Posted by: Expatriate Owl | March 13, 2013 at 02:13 PM
YL, lol!
Posted by: dh | March 13, 2013 at 04:04 PM
Don't know if you folks understand how rare this action is.
I have known of Orthodox rabbis who became reform rabbis and nothing was done.
I know of two Ortho Rabbis who had affairs with their secretaries and later married them.
Plus we all know of rabbs,who steal or who are convicted abusers as covered on this blog.
Today smicha can only be cancelled or reclaimed by the rabbis or rabbinic organizations that ordained the individual.
Last time I heard of this was close to a decade ago when Rabbi Shlomo Riskin was going to request that the pedophile Marc Mordechai Gafni.
When Gafni found out he renounced r returned the smicha he received from Rabbi Riskin before Riskin revoked it.
A tiny bright light comes out of the dark Chief Rabbinate at last..
Posted by: Jake | March 13, 2013 at 05:57 PM
although he did something very wrong...
was there one person in the community that
bothered with this family...
asking if they needed something?
asked if something was wrong?
maybe he thought he had no choice!
if he did this purely for the money, he
was never a rabbi to start with and he's rightfully
been ejected.
Posted by: ruthie | March 14, 2013 at 04:38 AM