Ramat Gan Chief Rabbi Yaakov Ariel Shlita has expressed his opposition to the so-called Ariel Bill, the bill that is in the works to lift the maximum age ceiling of 70-years-old for a candidate for the post of chief rabbi of Israel to permit him to enter the race. The push behind his candidacy comes from Rabbi Chaim Druckman Shlita.
In a closed assembly the rav told his colleagues that he feels the age 70 ceiling for candidates is a sensible law. �I have passed the age and that is the reality. It would be better for me to head home. It is fine for an elderly man to retire.�
In the report first published by Ynet the rav is quoted taking issue with the voting body for the chief rabbis. �There is a problem with people who do not live a Torah life having a vote as to the chief rabbis of the nation. There are those among them that do not even know what a rav is� he explained. �He does not even know how to write a rav�s name. He brings a slip with the name for the vote�.
He went on with his criticism; �The politicians are involved and the public is involved and they haven�t a clue. They make their selection based on their own reasons, some deal-making, some with another angles� Rav Ariel concluded.
(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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�The politicians are involved and the public is involved and they haven�t a clue. They make their selection based on their own reasons, some deal-making, some with another angles�
SO TRUE!!!!!