Rabbi Eliyahu: Life of one ye****va boy worth more than 1,000 Arabs
Mass Jerusalem service marks one-month anniversary of deadly attack on
Mercaz Harav rabbinical
seminary. 'We do not seek vengeance, we seek retaliation,' says ye****va
head says
Kobi Nahshoni
Some 1,000 people attended a memorial service at the Mercaz Harav
rabbinical seminary Thursday,
marking the one-month anniversary of the murderous attack which claimed
the lives of eight
young men.
Also attending the service were many prominent rabbis of the Religious
Zionist Movement, who
were not shy about expressing their rage against the government's policy.
Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, head of the Mercaz Harav ye****va, chose to explain
the attack by saying
that "the Torah and the land of Israel are acquired only through agony."
Former Sephardi chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu called on the government to
decree that for every
life lost in the attack another ye****va and town****p will be formed.
Remembering the fallen. The memorial (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
"Even when we seek revenge, it is im****tant to make one thing clear – the
life of one ye****va
boy is worth more than the lives of 1,000 Arabs.
"The Talmud states that if gentiles rob Israel of silver they will pay it
back in gold, and all
that is taken will be paid back in folds, but in cases like these there is
nothing to pay back,
since as I said – the life of one ye****va boy is worth more than the lives
of 1,000 Arabs,"
added Rabbi Eliyahu.
Ramat Gan's chief rabbi, Yaacov Ariel, chose to deliver a more moderate
message: "We do not
seek vengeance, we seek retaliation. The terrorist's house should have
been demolished
immediately, regardless of the law. It should have been done because it
was a matter of life
and death – the deterrence could help save future lives."
"We are against killing innocent people or harming children," he added,
"but once terrorists
hide behind children, we have to strike back. The blood of those living in
Sd***** is worth just
as much as the blood of those the terrorists hide behind."
Mercaz Harav will be holding a vigil in memory of those killed in the
attack all through
Thursday night.
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