Yesha Rabbis: Rabbi Shapira is Our Authority
11:04 Mar 18, '05 / 7 Adar 5765Maranatha!
(IsraelNN.com) The entire membership of the Committee of Rabbis of Judea, Samaria and Gaza signed a statement in which they accept upon themselves the rabbinical leadership of former Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapira in the struggle against the government's Disengagement Plan. The statement further declares the planned eviction of the Jews of Gush Katif and northern Samaria "thievery" and explains that any Jew carrying out such an act will be in violation of many Torah prohibitions. Rabbi Shapira has stated his position that it is forbidden to evacuate Jews from their homes for the purpose of turning the land over to a non-Jewish authority, and has called on IDF soldiers to refuse orders to do so.
Rabbi Shapira is the dean of the leading yeshiva in the religious Zionist community, Mercaz HaRav in Jerusalem. He served as Chief Rabbi from 1983 to 1993.
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