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The 10 have been indicted on charges of fraud, breach of trust, and blackmail for fraudulently ordaining various officers and military men as rabbis.
The Jerusalem District Prosecutor's Office is claiming that some of the defendants established various "colleges" throughout Israel between the years 1999-2003, in which officers of security forces studied for a few hours a week, for up to two years.
Then, by collaborating with the director of ordinations at the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, the defendants obtained documents for the officers certifying five years of studies.
The fraudulent paperwork was then submitted to the different organizations employing the officers – including the police, the IDF, and the Prison Service – which then granted the officers a pay raise. Around 1,500 officers received a pay raise of up to NIS 4,000 (approximately $1,200) a month.
The prosecution further claims that most of the certificates were transferred to the students at the colleges by a number of mediators, among them Meir Rosenthal, Metzger's bureau chief, who is suspected of swiping millions in the process. The certificates were issued by the Chief Rabbinate's director of ordinations, Yitzhak Ohana.
In August, the IDF announced that it would demand the fictitious rabbis refund the money they received on top of their regular paycheck. In addition, the State is expected to indict hundreds of the falsely ordained officers on criminal charges for receiving illegal pay benefits.
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Nov 02, 2008 at 03:02 PM Disgusted!! Says:
Here we go again, corruption all over. and these same rabbis shove the abusers and molesters under the rug. GOOD FOR THEM, hope all the truth will come out now. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
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Nov 02, 2008 at 03:10 PM bitachon Says:
I guess that they weren't learning choshen mishpat!!
They were "somech" on some heter.
This is not an issue to be nismach about.
They will all have paychecks sumuch to zero now.
Lets daven to Hashem to be somech noflim.
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Nov 02, 2008 at 05:33 PM Avrohom Abba Says:
If they really learned a few hours a week for five years besides their regular military duties, that is not bad at all. A few hours a day for five years is a very large amount of time and they could well have earned their documents.
Hevay dan ess kol hadam likaf zechus.
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Nov 02, 2008 at 08:52 PM Anonymous Says:
“ If they really learned a few hours a week for five years besides their regular military duties, that is not bad at all. A few hours a day for five years is a very large amount of time and they could well have earned their documents.
Hevay dan ess kol hadam likaf zechus. ”
what a shame
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Nov 02, 2008 at 11:15 PM Rabbi Says:
Once you are at a sertain leval of learning, the final 5 tests could take a year to study for. I did it in about a year and I saw smarter students do it in less. If you are fluent in hebrew its that much ezer. Everyone does it in america or israel does it in less than 2 years. What is the big deal? The 5 tests are usualy on the laws of 1)milk & and meat 2)Traifos (what is considered a animal that won't live for a year)3) Taruvos 4) Malicha & Shabbos.