Chief Rabbi of Modi’in a demonslayer?

If there is something strange in your neighborhood....who you gonna call?

Not Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramus and Ernie Hudson.

Apparently the correct answer is former Modi'in Chief Rabbi David Lau (son of former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Lau. Rabbi Lau was called in recently to lead a prayer ceremony in the Prime Minister's office. Many of the employees have been struck by tragedy recently and were calling to a higher power.

Oh, and a Shinui MK who no one has ever really heard of is pissed off.

According to this Ma'ariv article he said that the service was a ceremony to banish demons and even brought it up in the Knesset.

His questions:

Was the PM aware of the ceremony?

How much did it cost?

Was the curse removed?

He added, ?“This is government office and I think they crossed the line?”.


Ok dude, I voted for your party because I believe strongly in the separation of synagogue and state, but seriously relax. Our country is fucked and you are worrying about people turning to prayer in these very difficult times? Get over yourself you publicity whore. No one knew who you were before your stupid attack on these people and we have more important things to worry about. Like Passover shopping. Your PR ploy failed sad man!

Ah, Rabbi Lau's comments in reaction to unknown Shinui man were cool.

"I came to pray the afternoon service and share some words of encouragement. All of a sudden I am accused of banishing demons. Unfortunately, I do not know how to banish demons. As a rabbi, I learned to pray, to teach and help people"

EVERYONE knows that it's former Sephardic chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef who knows how to banish demons! Duh!


UPDATE: My bad. I guess I didn't pay attention to the article well enough. It was just Rabbi David Lau and his father Rabbi Yisrael Lau had nothing to do with it. I corrected the above passage to reflect that.

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