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Rabbi Eliyahu:
Life of one ye****va boy worth more than 1,000 Arabs
Mass Jerusalem service
marks one-month anniversary
of deadly attack on Mercaz
Harav rabbinical seminary.
'We do not seek vengeance,
we seek retaliation,'
says ye****va head says
Kobi Nahshoni
Some 1,000 people attended a memorial
service at the Mercaz Harav rabbinical
seminary Thursday,
marking the one-month anniversary
of the murderous attack which claimed
the lives of eight young men.
Also attending the service were
many prominent rabbis of the Religious
Zionist Movement,
who were not shy about expressing
their rage against the government's
policy.
Rabbi Yaakov Shapira,
head of the Mercaz Harav ye****va,
chose to explain the attack by
saying that
"the Torah and the land of Israel
are acquired only through agony."
Former Sephardi chief Rabbi Mordechai
Eliyahu called on the government to
decree that for every life lost in
the attack another ye****va and town****p
will be formed.
"Even when we seek revenge,
it is im****tant to make one thing clear -
the life of one ye****va boy is worth
more than the lives of 1,000 Arabs.
"The Talmud states that if gentiles
rob Israel of silver they will pay
it back in gold,
and all that is taken will
be paid back in folds,
but in cases like these
there is nothing to pay back,
since as I said -
the life of one ye****va boy is
worth more than the lives of
1,000 Arabs,"
added Rabbi Eliyahu.
Ramat Gan's chief rabbi,
Yaacov Ariel, chose to deliver
a more moderate message:
"We do not seek vengeance,
we seek retaliation.
The terrorist's house should have
been demolished immediately,
regardless of the law.
It should have been done because
it was a matter of life and death -
the deterrence could help save future lives."
"We are against killing innocent
people or harming children," he added,
"but once terrorists
hide behind children,
we have to strike back.
The blood of those living in Sd*****
is worth just as much as the blood
of those the terrorists hide behind."
Mercaz Harav will be holding a
vigil in memory of those killed
in the attack all through Thursday night.
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