The Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, one of the giants of the Jewish world and a major political figure, died today after battling for his life for three weeks or so.

Now, I can’t say that Ovadia was one of my favorite political leaders: I remember all to well his words regarding “ those soldiers dies because they did not keep the Law”. It’s not a direct quote, but it was in this spirit.

But still, there is enormous grieving among hundreds and thousandth of people, and I must admit that I felt a lot less loathing for Elli Ishay when I heard him weeping and grieving today. His sorrow is genuine.

Right now, the whole country is one giant traffic jam, cause everyone is trying to reach the funeral in time, and we are talking about approximately 5000000 people who are expected to come. Also, closed roads, and so on.

Am I glad not to be on the roads roday. All of Ramt Gan, and beni brak are blocked, with hundreds of people fighting for a place in the busses to J-M. It’s one huge mess.

Here is an article in English:

The Rabbi Ovadia Yosef