Comments on: Op-Ed: Rav Ovadiah’s Message From Beyond – Mr. Lapid & Co, Take Heed

By: brucewayne

brucewayne — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:26:35 +0000

And you can trust the Hazon Ish ! He didn’t play the racist card !

By: jwander

jwander — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:41:54 +0000

People do not realize the enormity of this. If you used a similar ratio in America, it would be like 50 million people going to a funeral!

By: BarryLS1

BarryLS1 — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:40:31 +0000

#2. That is categorically unfair. Shas blaming people doesn’t make it so. That was a political situation, not a dictatorship. People are entitled to differing opinions.

Why must people go negative, even during the Loss of a Godol?

By: nlmarketplace

nlmarketplace — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 03:03:27 +0000

im sure the rav forgave you but hashem wont unless you do teshuva

By: rc

rc — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 01:30:12 +0000

Mr. Lapid the only point you need to come away from all this is that Am Yisroel will not give up their Torah EVER. These million people did not have a personal kesher to Rav Ovadiyah Yosef, they came altz kavod HaTorah. period. and i agree with the other poster, that had the roads been clearer, and the transportation more efficient, there would have been even more people there.

By: y2r

y2r — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:32:49 +0000

There is a huge difference between people coming to people staying where they are!

Hence if 6,000,000 would have moved away from the funeral you would have had a point!

1,000,000 +/- from close and far who show up in 4 hours with some much traffic and hardship is a huge statement!!!!

I would say the majority of the 6,000,000 would have come too, if it was a bit easier. Them not coming is no consultation to Mr. Rosha Lapid!!!!

Many of us are somewhat cold hearted, we don’t realize the pain Lapid has caused to soooo many Yidden especially b’nei Torah !!!

I hope we all do tshuva soon and merit moshiach

By: photobyeli93

photobyeli93 — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:45:20 +0000

Mr.BenHabs, you were obviously not at the levaya, because I was there and there were plenty of chilonim there as well. So yes – “take that RASHA LAPID”!.

By: Toras Moshe

Toras Moshe — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:42:11 +0000

#13 shazam:

“Rebbi”, composer of Mishnayos, had a larger levaya. See the gemara, in Y-mi Mes’ Kelayijm.

By: YITZCHOKY

YITZCHOKY — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:22:42 +0000

they came to honor a sefer torah. at lapid’s father’s levya how many came? Lapid answer this and you will see the only true honor is Torah

By: shazam

shazam — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:05:56 +0000

“This funeral was the largest funeral ever in the history of the state of Israel, and probably in the entire history of the Jewish people.”

Probably NOT in the entire history of the Jewish people. I can think of 3 funerals which had 30 million Jews attending. Can you?