Baruch Dayan Emet: Rabbi Maran Ovadia Yosef

[Lipush]

Passed away this afternoon.

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[Lipush]

Funeral Photos:

 

[BecauseIKnow]

Why are there over three hundred injured? What happened?

 

[Hossfly]

No one really has a problem with the religious beliefs of others as long as those others are not out to kill those who think differently from them. Here in America, people can practice whatever they want to in peace, even atheists. Look how America is coming around to not having a problem with Gays, even those who want to boycott Barilla Pasta. Why not take up Zen Buddhism, Alfalfa. It might do you a world of good.

 

[Hossfly]

Why, Phillip, given the nonsense you have spouted on these forums, it would be fun to see just what you would spout in your nineties. The Rabbi was an old man who came from a Muslim country so he was quite aware of the way they treated the Jews and other non Muslims. I can just imagine what the people who experienced the war in Europe had to say against the Nazis. It couldn't have been nice given what they went through and what they had to endure. Maybe you are disappointed that Mussolini didn't have such a send-off.

 

[Connery]

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[Connery]

Sounds like a very interesting person, R.I.P. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

"Rabbi Yosef advocated peace negotiations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the late 1980s, using the halakhic principle of Pikuach Nefesh, in which all the Jewish commandments (excluding adultery, idolatry, and murder) are put on hold to save lives."

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, "Maran", has Passed Away - Jewish World - News - Israel National News

 

[Hossfly]

And I'll tell you something else, this is an opinion echoed by a lot of jews in israel.

This guy was a MODERATE. Can you imagine what the ultra orthodox jews believe?

For god's sake...

He is one of the few Rabbis I am familiar with in Israel, all due to his disgusting and hateful views.

sorry, but his death is a Mitzvah for all Mankind.

Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls, It Tolls for Thee.
~~John Donne

 

[Lipush]

Why are there over three hundred injured? What happened?

In the funeral there were 800,000 mourners. It's unevidable to have no injured ones.

 

[Lipush]

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was a conflicted Rabbi.

From His Piskot are the famous ones-

* Allowed Jews to sell lands to Gentiles at years of Shmita

* Allowed Jewish wives of MIA soldiers to remarry

* Said it is a Mitzvah to give parts of the promised land if it is sure that the peace promised in return is 'True peace' and true peace alone.

* Allowed from Halacha the release of 1000 prisoners in exchange of Gilad Shalit

* Saw Zionism as "The Beginning of Redemption" of the Jewish people

 

[Hossfly]

Why are there over three hundred injured? What happened?

In the funeral there were 800,000 mourners. It's unevidable to have no injured ones.

No doubt, Lipush, he is not interested in how many died and how many have been injured at each Hajj. I wonder if he ever participated in the stampede there.

 

[Lipush]

Why are there over three hundred injured? What happened?

In the funeral there were 800,000 mourners. It's unevidable to have no injured ones.

No doubt, Lipush, he is not interested in how many died and how many have been injured at each Hajj. I wonder if he ever participated in the stampede there.

Mhmmm.

I was sure crowded there, though.