Hiddush reportedly labeled the Torah lessons by Yosef – Shas’s founder
and spiritual leader – campaign advertising and proposed recording the
lessons and broadcasting them after all the campaign content had been
removed, apparently as an option to be considered instead of a complete
ban.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
Religious Freedom Groups Seeks To Ban Broadcasts Of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s Torah Classes
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Earlier today, Hiddush – the Israeli nonprofit that lobbies on issues related to freedom of and from religion – asked the chairman of Israel’s Elections Committee, Justice Eliyakim Rubinstein, to issue an injunction against Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Sefardi haredi Shas party, Shas’ radio station Kol Barama, and Israel’s Second Television and Radio Authority to block broadcasts of Yosef’s Torah lessons on Kol Barama (or any on any other media outlet) until after Israel’s national elections are held later this month, Arutz Sheva reported.
Hiddush reportedly labeled the Torah lessons by Yosef – Shas’s founder and spiritual leader – campaign advertising and proposed recording the lessons and broadcasting them after all the campaign content had been removed, apparently as an option to be considered instead of a complete ban.
Yosef used part of his weekly Saturday night lecture last week to attack Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak for forming a political party to compete with Shas and warned voters that it was forbidden to vote for it.
”Such a party represents merit [acquired] through transgression,” Yosef reportedly said. “How dare they oppose our well-established party which has decades of experience and the support of Torah authorities?”
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