Tens of thousands of people on Friday attended the funeral of Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira obm, who was stabbed to death Thursday night by a man seeking marital advice at his yeshiva in Beersheba.
Israel’s chief rabbis and haredi ministers and Knesset members took part in the funeral on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives. Eulogies were delivered earlier at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in the Geula neighborhood.
Earlier, the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court extended the remand of the murder suspect, 42-year-old Asher Dahan of Elad, by 13 days.
Shas’ spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, delivered his eulogy from his car. “This righteous man was devoted to the people of Israel all his life,” he said. “Anyone in trouble would come over to talk to him. All day long he engaged in charity and studying Torah.”
Interior Minister Eli Yishai told Ynet, “It’s hard for us to talk. We’re shocked by this disaster.”
Minister Meshulam Nahari added, “Who would have thought that something like this could happen and that a rabbi could be murdered in Israel? These are difficult times for the people of Israel.”
Alongside the haredi participants, the funeral was also attended by quite a few people from all parts of the Israeli society, as well as volunteers from the Ichud Hatzala rescue organization. The funeral was held under tight police and Border Guard security.
Rabbi Abuhatzeira was one of the city’s prominent religious figures. He was the grandson of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, known as the “Baba Sali”, leading Moroccan Sephardic rabbi and kabbalist who was renowned for his alleged ability to work miracles through his prayers.
According to an initial investigation into the murder, the rabbi received the suspect for a conversation, during which he was stabbed. The rabbi’s students captured the stabber and handed him over to the police.
According to police sources, the suspect – who was granted a private audience – stabbed the rabbi in his upper body, inflicting lethal wounds.
The investigation also revealed that the suspect had arrived at the yeshiva to consult the rabbi several times, and therefore was well familiar with the place.
Dahan’s lawyer, Attorney Yuval Livadaro of the Public Defender’s Office, said after the court session that “the suspect said he hadn’t hoped for this result and is very sorry for what happened.”
Is a tragedy what is going on! most people mad,I am not mad.
I am shock this is the signes of Moshiach,people don’t have Respect for the Tzadikim,what is going on? ask you self?,is this a pure sacrifice for our sins this holy Rabi,and a holy boy Leiby,..is Hashem is talking to us! we should do teshuva with a broker hart,,humbleness. nothing is new under the sun!
is this remaning us the old day’s when the kill the profets!
Kol Israel need to start Teshuva and I am the first!
the advice should have been for this rotzeach to see professional help. HaShem Yerachem aleinu. AD MOSSAI, AD MOSSAI, AD MOSSAI
this is crazzy iam soupset especily because he is my uncle WE WANT MOSHIACH KNOW
We need moshiach now!!
this nut job can save his apologies for the bais din shel maalaoh as no one down here will.
A guy comes for a brocha, and then he just kills Elazar Abuchatzeira, the guy that he was meant to get a brocha from! What is happening?????
AD MOSAI!!!!! AD MOSAI!!!!! AD MOSAI!!!!!
how do these murderers even get lawyers?
“alleged” ability to do miracles?
AD MOSAI!!! AD MOSAI!!! AD MOSAI!!! AD MOSAI!!! AD MOSAI!!!
How can one jew kill another? what happened to the law never kill another jew? this is a line that jews havee never crossed before and hopefully never again!
omg this is crazy , leiby then him wat is this!!!!!!!! barouch daayan emes!!!!!!!
Baruch Dayan Haemet. i was by this holy Rabbi and got a Brocha.. I ve heard that the tuma reached the 50th level. it means that the kdusha has the same potential and even more. So lets do something crazy in kdusha side. if you learnt before only one hour, now you have a potential to go out of normal routine and do something crazy in kudsha and start learning more hours than you used to do. if you ususally don’t finish Chitas within a week, NOW you can and you will still have time for mivtzoim….. NOW we have… Read more »
“the suspect said he hadn’t hoped for this result and is very sorry for what happened.”
after stabbing someone – what exactly was he hoping for??
omg this is crazy he was such a special man and who cares, a jew 2 another jew, who cares abt the reason barouch daayan emes!!!!
sick does not even describe it, it seems like people are simply not concerned about consequences anymore, there is no deterent, we should bring back the Arba (4) Mitos Bais Din, and then if a killer saw a guy getting punished with liquid-hot lead down the throat or thrown off a building and stoned to death they might think twice before murdering someone, it is a sad day for our people, i am ashamed.
I guess it isn’t suprising that this guy needed marital advice. I’d say Mrs. Dahan is luck to be alive.
Dovid
I have no words for this travisty!
I am in utter shock
“Hamakom yinachem eschem b’soch sha’ar availay Tzion v’Yerushalayim.”
Horror of horrors!
HaShem takes ‘Tzaddikim’ to protect us.
Let’s all do ‘teshuva!’
‘Ahavas Yisroel!’
Oh Great One! How we have sinned!
When will we learn! When will we ‘Open our
eyes!’
what does he mean: “he wasn’t expecting this result????”& the same w/ Leibby’s murderes: “I’m sorry to have caused any harm!!!!!” THIS IS INSANE!!!! WE need MOSHIACH NOW!!!
Enough of Jews Killing Jews!!!