Tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews today attended the funeral of Rabbi Ytizhak Tuvia Weiss, leader of the ultra-Orthodox radical sect ‘Edà Haredit’. Born in Pezinok (Slovakia) 95 years ago, the rabbi escaped the Holocaust with a timely transfer to London. After having lived for a long time in Great Britain and Belgium, 20 years ago the rabbi settled in Jerusalem to lead the sect (with several tens of thousands of followers), which is distinguished by the attitude of clear ideological rejection of the state. secular of Israel.
From the early hours of the morning, the police blocked the streets of the Orthodox ward of Mea Shearim, to allow his disciples to follow the coffin. But at the request of the sect, the police then refrained from escorting the funeral procession when it continued towards the Mount of Olives, where the cleric was interred. For the time being, his son, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Weiss, will take over the leadership of the rabbinical college headed by Rabbi Tuvia Weiss. But the leaders of Edà Haredit have not yet named the next leader of the influential religious sect.
Source: Ansa
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