August 27, 2007

Israeli Soliders vs. Rabbi?

Umm.....What to make of this...I have no clue!  But my gut reaction is that this Rabbi shouldn't be talking about such things, but then I could be totally off base.

Here is what part of the article has to say:

Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, the spiritual head of the Shas party, part of Israel’s coalition government, said in a sermon that a lack of religious purity would prove fatal in war.

“Is it surprising if soldiers are, God forbid, killed at war?” the Rabbi said. “When they don’t observe the Sabbath, don’t observe the Torah, don’t pray every day, don’t put on phylacteries (prayer amulets) every day?”

Who is this guy?  Is this really a mainstream belief? Omri told me things like this happen, but this is the first time I have seen it in print. 
 

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