New York – RCA Slams Rav Ovadia Yosef For Criticism Of Rabbi Stav

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    FILE-  Rabbi StavNew York – In a private letter of support to Rabbi David Stav that was leaked to the media, the RCA expressed its scathing disapproval of Rav Ovadia Yosef and a group of youths who attacked the chief rabbinate candidate at a Bnei Brak wedding this past Sunday night.

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    VIN News obtained a copy of the letter, which was dated June 17th and written entirely in Hebrew. In the document, the RCA expressed its support for Rabbi Stav and offered extremely harsh criticism to his detractors. As previously reported on VIN News, Rav Yosef referred to Rabbi Stav as “an evil man” and several hours later, a group of youths attempted to physically and verbally intimidate him.

    “We trembled when we heard the terrible things said by HaRav Ovadia Yosef and when we heard about the events that took place at the wedding in Bnei Brak. This is Torah and these are its students?” questioned the RCA’s leadership in the document.

    The letter, which offered unprecedented criticism of Rav Yosef, went on to describe those actions as “corrupt” and “repulsive” and to express the RCA’s gratitude to Rabbi Stav for his continued efforts on behalf of Jews worldwide as well as the State of Israel.

    “We hope to work with you for many years, to continue to spread the greatness and majesty of Torah and to bring our collective hearts closer to our Father in Heaven.”

    According to Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, president of the RCA and one of three people who signed the letter, the missive was written to support Rabbi Stav during a potentially difficult period.

    “This was sent by the leadership of the RCA to encourage him in the face of what we felt was an unwarranted attack,” Rabbi Goldin told VIN News. “The RCA has not taken a public position on the race for chief rabbi, nor will we. This letter was never meant to be made public. Nevertheless, we stand by it.”


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    10 years ago

    What nerve !
    Who are these people rav Ovadiah is bigger in learning than all of them out together.
    It is however nice to see they can actually print a letter in לשון הקודש and know some מאמרי חז”ל however anyone with any knowledge on their activities and stances knows they are not one of the regular frum organization .

    Deveee
    Deveee
    10 years ago

    The reform/mizrachist are at it again.
    If they support a Rabbi, he must be unfit.

    DovidTheK
    DovidTheK
    10 years ago

    Quickly we are becoming 2 separate religions. The velvet and the knitted and it will soon be that we don’t mix or daven in each others shuls. This is the sinas chinam thatvwe by

    10 years ago

    What has it come down to when the rabbis who stand in the heavens of our people are breaking arms and legs?

    davidj
    davidj
    10 years ago

    How is it acceptable to publicly embarrass someone by calling him “an evil man’?

    Pipk11
    Pipk11
    10 years ago

    Did the RCA call Rav Ovadias office to find out the basis of his accusations before THEY took sides?

    Not that I am a very big fan of Rav Ovadia but I know what low lifes are at the RCA.

    Barzilai
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    Barzilai
    10 years ago

    This is a good thing! This chillul Hashem and bizayon of Talmidei Chachamim provides a sorely needed excuse for all resha’im to say “What do you want from me? If this is the face of Torah, how could you expect me to be a shomer Torah Umitzvos?”

    FrustratedWithStateOfYahdus
    FrustratedWithStateOfYahdus
    10 years ago

    This is beautiful to see the ramifications of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza working their magic. The result was chorban habayis. May it be the Will of Hashem, Almighty, Who knows the heart of man, to continue to punish us and send us further into galus and aveidas hanefesh as He sees fit so the full measure of this evil will be realized. May all those here engaged in sinas chinam receive yisurin to bring them to teshuva gemura or be lost forever and never be zoceh to see bi’as hamoshiach.

    YonahLevi
    YonahLevi
    10 years ago

    Everyone here defending the RCA needs to come back to reality…the organization is purely anti-Torah. They have all the criticism in the world for rav Ovadia shlita and the holy Chassidim protesting for kavod haTorah, yet they remain absolutely silent when it comes I their members expressing support for toeivah marriage in state legislatures or hiring maharats/yct “rabbis”.

    The organization has lost all credibility and its members who are erliche are giving it undue legitimacy. They need to reevaluate what they’re members of.

    posaikacharon
    posaikacharon
    10 years ago

    if harav yosef believes that r stav is a danger to yiddishkeit because of his shitos in certain critical halachos, he is absolutely justified in using the word he used. period. (moshe rabeinu used that word too when he felt it was in place.) the rca, (whoever they are) are clearly NOT the spokesmen for klal yisroel.