Justice Minister Ya'akov Ne'eman on Monday said he believes Halakha (Jewish law) should be the binding law in Israel, Army Radio reported. "Step by step, we will bestow upon the citizens of Israel the laws of the Torah and we will turn Halakha into the binding law of the nation," said Ne'eman at a Jewish law convention at the Regency hotel in Jerusalem, in the presence of many rabbis and rabbinical judges. "We must bring back the heritage of our fathers to the nation of Israel," Ne'eman said. "The Torah has the complete solution to all of the questions we are dealing with," he added.
"Step by step, we will bestow upon the citizens of Israel the laws of the Torah and we will turn Halakha into the binding law of the nation," said Ne'eman at a Jewish law convention at the Regency hotel in Jerusalem, in the presence of many rabbis and rabbinical judges.
"We must bring back the heritage of our fathers to the nation of Israel," Ne'eman said. "The Torah has the complete solution to all of the questions we are dealing with," he added.
In the wake of the uproar caused by his remarks, the Justice Ministry on Tuesday issued a statement denying that Ne'eman intends to replace Israel's legal system with Jewish law. "Justice Minister Ya'akov Ne'eman clarifies that his comments did not contain an appeal, either directly or indirectly, to replace the laws of the state with Halakhic laws," a statement from the ministry said.
"Justice Minister Ya'akov Ne'eman clarifies that his comments did not contain an appeal, either directly or indirectly, to replace the laws of the state with Halakhic laws," a statement from the ministry said.
