HaGaon HaRav Bentzion Mutzafi Shlita, a leading Sephardi posek, spoke out during a shiur in the Mosaiyuf Shul in Yerushalayim about Tiveria Mayor Ron Kobi, who is working hard against the city�s frum community.

The rav commented on the mayor�s roots and that he is a grandchild of Gedolei Yisrael and now working to make the city more secular. He insists no one can call Tiveria a secular city, for it is a city where Talmid Yerushalmi was published and where Rav Meir wrote Mishnayos. Where Rabbi Akiva sat all day, including Rabbi Yochanan Ben-Zakai and others, not forgetting that the Rambam, the Nesher HaGadol is buried there.

Rav Mutzafi lamented the current situation and the mayor�s tireless efforts to do everything within his power and authority to make the city more secular.

(YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem)