Rabbi Eliyahu against "informer" • "do the job alone"

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the rabbi of Tzfat, protests against the 'Informer' launched by the Tax Authority.

"Income Tax is encouraged to search by itself, to do its job - and that's fine. We are not informers," said the Rabbi on 'Chaim kahalacha' broadcast on 'Galei Israel'.

Tax Authority broadcasts over the last week are asking the public to report those working in black. The authority decided to change the process of obtaining information on tax offenders, so that the treatment of the information provided will be shortened, the amount qualifying for compensation will be reduced, and those who bring to civil proceedings against tax evaders be rewarded.

A provider of information on "the informer" will be rewarded by the ransom imposed for the offense or the fine which the court imposed following conviction. The information can be provided through the "red line" on the authority site, or at a meeting with representatives of its intelligence units.



Rabbi Eliyahu brought the story of the beginning of the Book of Yehoshua, "When the children of Israel are fighting at Jericho and win, and then at the Ai and fail, and Yehoshua asks: What happened? Then (Hashem) tells him: Israel have sinned, stolen, etc..Yehoshua says to Hashem: Who sinned? Hashem tells him: What am I, a snitch?! I'll tell you who sinned? Find out on your own! Yehoshua draws lots and finds Achan. "

According to Rabbi Eliyahu, "This story teaches us that although Achan acted inappropriately, and because of him the entire nation of Israel suffered, informing is not something that is right and proper, and our job, Hashem says: Look for yourself."

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!