Rabbi Moshe Maya, a senior member of Shas's Council of Torah Sages, published a special opinion piece condemning the extreme statements voiced Monday evening at a protest rally in Bnei Brak. "It is not the way of Torah to express oneself in such a manner," he wrote.
Rabbi Moshe Maya, a member of the Shas Council of Torah Sages, published a special statement Tuesday morning denouncing extreme remarks made at a protest rally in Bnei Brak the previous evening. "It is not the way of Torah to express oneself in such a manner," he wrote, according to a statement circulated via the Yinniyot news desk.
The statement follows Shas's official disavowal earlier Tuesday, as The Zioneer reported at 10:03, in which the party distanced itself from harsh remarks against the IDF chief of staff heard at the same rally. Shas said the comments did not reflect the Council of Torah Sages' views or the path laid down by its late spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Rabbi Maya's personal condemnation adds a prominent internal voice to the party's public distancing.
It remains unclear whether Rabbi Maya's statement targets the specific anti-IDF remarks, broader rhetoric at the rally, or both. No further details on the content of the condemned statements or any additional responses from other Shas leaders have been reported.
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