The priest, who headed the Council of Torah Scholars, was fired by a crowd on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. He was 94 years old.
the rabbi Shimon Babanispiritual head of the ultra-orthodox party most present in the government of Israel, died on Wednesday as announced by his formation Shass. Had 94 years.
A compact crowd of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered in the afternoon in Bnei Brak, on the outskirts of Tel Avivfor his funeral.
The disciples of the rabbi and the head of the Shass Sephardic party, Arié Dery, are “shocked, heartbroken and devastated” for his death.
“Darkness has descended on our world,” Dery, also deputy prime minister and interior minister, said in a statement. Rabbi Baadani “had pushed Torah in Israel and the Diaspora, he was a founder of Shass, to which he was wonderfully dedicated,” he said.
Rabbi Baadani led the Council of Torah Scholars,Shass Supreme Court, since the death of Rabbi Shalom Cohen in August.
Little known to the general public, but highly influential in Sephardic Jewish religious circles, Rabbi Baadani lived in the city of Bnei Brak,near Tel Aviv.
Born in 1928 in Palestine, he was one of the first rabbis appointed to the Council of Torah Scholars during the party’s formation in 1984.
The Shass party, which won 11 seats in the November 1 legislative elections, is a key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who formed the most right-wing government in history with other ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties in December. From Israel.
“It is with great sadness that I learned the bitter news about the passing of Rabbi Shimon Baadani, a great sage and spiritual leader for a multitude of people,” Netanyahu said, according to a statement from his office.
With information from AFP