the rabbi Shimon Badanispiritual head of the ultra-Orthodox party most present in the government of Israel, who died Wednesday as announced by his lineup Shass. I had 94 years old.
A compact crowd of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered in the afternoon in Bnei Brak on the outskirts of Tel-Avivfor his funeral.
The disciples of the rabbi and the head of the Sephardi Shass party, Arié Dery, are “shocked, heartbroken and devastated” for his death.
“Darkness has descended on our world,” Dery, also deputy prime minister and home secretary, said in a statement. Rabbi Baadani “promoted the Torah in Israel and in the Diaspora, he was one of the founders of Shass, to which he was wonderfully dedicated,” he said.
Rabbi Baadani led the Council of Torah ScholarsShass Supreme Court, since the death of Rabbi Shalom Cohen in August.
Little known to the general public, but very influential in Sephardic Jewish religious circles, Rabbi Baadani lived in the city of Bnei Braknear Tel-Aviv.
Born in 1928 in Palestine, he was one of the first rabbis appointed to the Council of Torah Scholars when the party was formed in 1984.
The Shass party, which won 11 seats in general elections on November 1, is a key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who formed the most right-wing government in history in December with other ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties. .
“It is with great sadness that I learned the bitter news of the passing of Rabbi Shimon Baadani, a great sage and spiritual leader to a multitude of people,” Netanyahu said, according to a statement from his office.
With information from AFP
Source: Clarin
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