Defeated Bennett shoots: "Next time just one chief rabbi"

Chairman of Habayit Hayehudi Naftali Bennett, who serves as Minister of Religious Services, spoke with the elected chief rabbis and wished them success in the job. "Current election campaign highlighted the need for significant changes in the rabbinate, and we started to work for it in recent months," Bennett said later.

"Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, and Rabbi David Lau, will be part of the revolution that Habayit Hayehudi leads in the Ministry of Religious Affairs, and has already begun in the revolution Select a rabbi, reducing religious councils and the elimination of political appointees in the religious councils. Next time there will be one chief rabbi of Israel, just like there is one army chief of staff and one president, "said Bennett.

"I spoke a few minutes ago with Rabbi David Stav. Rabbi Stav - a great soul - broke through the establishment of the Zohar organization, and he brings an important voice among the people of Israel. I'm sure he still will bring about here great revolutions in the warming of the people of Israel. I wish continued devotion to Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and the other contestants."

Deputy Minister for religious services, Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan (Habayit Hayehudi) reacted with disappointment: "As a member of Habayit Hayehudi I am certainly disappointed that we didn’t succeed to elect at least one rabbi from the religious - national community.

"We did our best and unfortunately it did not work. I hope that secularists do not kick in the rabbinate, they need to understand the importance of rabbinate is more important than the chief rabbis," he said.

MK Moti Yogev (Habayit Hayehudi ) calls to unite around selected chief rabbis this evening, Rabbi David Lau and Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef.

"As members of Habayit Hayehudi we supported and struggled for candidates who have not been elected, but now that others have been selected we must unite and sanctify the name of God, to love and bring all of Israel to our father in heaven, Torah and mitzvot, to our Rabbis who have been chosen, but have significant roles and missions for many people Israel, "he said.

Deputy Transport Minister Tzipi Hotoveli (Likud Beiteinu) said: "After a decade the religious Zionism once again lost the opportunity to Zionist chief rabbi. This is a missed opportunity to make change to a vital historical conversion of the Rabbinate kashrus and Jewish identity of the state.

"I regret that the campaign of hard slander against Rabbi David Stav, Chairman of Zohar publicwho proved marvelous religious practice which is indisputable - actually came from religious Zionism," remarks Hotoveli.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!