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'May God kill, destroy the judges,' Yitzhak Yosef denounces ruling restricting Western Wall prayers

Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef criticizes the High Court’s decision restricting Passover prayers at the Western Wall, calling the judges "heretics" and "Shabbat desecrators."

|ByAVI SOLOMON
Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during a swearing in ceremony for new judges in the Rabbinical Court, held at the President's residence in Jerusalem on June 10, 2025.

Newly elected Rabbinical Court judges inaugurated at President’s Residence

Seven of the judges who will serve in the Rabbinical High Court were voted into office last Thursday, and the 21 regional judges were elected two weeks earlier.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israeli president Isaac Herzog at “The Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism”, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on October 30, 2024.

Herzog, grandson of Israel’s first Chief Rabbi Inaugurates current Chief Rabbis

President Herzog, the grandson of the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, hosted Rabbi Kalman Ber and Rabbi David Yosef.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Spiritual leader of the Shas party Rabbi Shalom Cohen (center), flanked by Shas party chairman and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (left), and Rabbi David Yosef (right)

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's son forced to quit post for political comments

Rabbi David Yosef, a member of the Shas Council of Torah Sages and a state-paid rabbi, violated regulations for public servants.

|ByJEREMY SHARON