Ashdod will elect a new chief rabbi today, Tuesday. 48 people will vote, casting their selection in the ballot box in City Hall on Tuesday evening from 5:00pm-8:00pm. The results will be tabulated immediately.

Kiryat Malachi�s Rabbi Chaim Pinto Shlita is expected to emerge the new rav, supported by gedolei yisrael shlita.

In a related matter, elections for a chief rabbi of Ohr Akiva will be delayed as per a High Court ruling on a technicality. The names of candidates were not submitted in time.

This may impact Ashdod�s election today as well. At this time, it is unclear who is behind the residents filing the petition. As far as today�s election in Ashdod, it appears like in many other matters in Israel, the High Court of Justice may have the last word.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)