A student of Rabbi Amos Guetta, a Netanya kabbalist murdered Wednesday morning, described him in two separate statements as a spiritual father and feared for his safety due to the rabbi's openness. The student, a Netanya city council member, said he always feared something like this would happen.
A Netanya city council member who was a student of Rabbi Amos Guetta, the prominent kabbalist stabbed to death early Wednesday morning, published two emotional reflections on his teacher.
In the first statement, the student described Guetta as a spiritual father: "I lost a spiritual father. He contained all people, especially the complex ones. He had a special love for Israel." In a second message, the student said he had long feared an attack: "I felt he was too exposed, and I always feared something like this would happen. Today I felt my nightmare come true."
The rabbi's murder outside his yeshiva synagogue has shaken Netanya. Police have arrested a suspect in his 20s; the motive remains under investigation, with earlier Zioneer reporting noting an ideological motive has been suggested by associates. Guetta was a well-known spiritual figure in the Libyan-Jewish community and beyond.
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