Jerusalem - On the eve of the Tuesday’s municipal elections
in Jerusalem, a threatening note was found on the car of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach
telling him to “Close down your party, or your blood will be on your head.”
ARUTZ SHEVA 7 reports that the
threat is possibly the latest escalation in a battle for power within the
Lithuanian haredi community following the death of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
in July of 2012.
Following Elyashiv’s death, Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman
assumed the leadership role in the community, but Auerbach and his supporters
still insist that Auerbach is best suited to lead the Lithuanian Ashkenazic
haredi community.
Hence, Auerbach is backing a new party, the Bnei Torah
party, in the upcoming elections against the mainstream Degel Hatorah, which
carries the endorsement of Rabbi Shteinman.
Further, Auerbach has endorsed Nir Barkat for Mayor of
Jreusalem over Rabbi Shteinman’s choice, Moshe Lion.
Last week, Shteinman accused Auerbach and his supporters of
undermining “The age-old authority of Judaism’s sages,” while insisting that
haredis have an “obligation to vote for Degel Hatorah, which is the party that
has received the approval of the rabbis and the Torah sages.”
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