So, one of the big news items of the day is that Rav Dov Lior has accused Naftali Bennet of not listening to the rabbonim.
The specific claim is that Bennet is working to advance the candidacy of Rav Dovid Stav for Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, rather than support the deal with Shas that would promote Rav Ariel for Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi. Supposedly Rav Lior has every intention to fight Bennet on this and against the possibility of expanding the election board as doing so might end up including inappropriate people on the board.
Putting aside for a moment the discussion of this being a conflict between Tekuma and Mafdal, and it might indicate the beginning of a split.... there really is nothing new here.
Habayit HaYehudi, as much as their predecessors in the form fo the Mafdal, have never claimed they listen to rabbonim. As a matter of fact, they have claimed exactly the opposite - that they specifically do not listen to the rabbonim. They have said time and again that they do ask for advice from their rabbonim, they take counsel with the rabbonim, but they have no obligation to follow any advice given./ It is advice, and sometimes they might follow it, and other times they might not.
I do not know if Rav Lior expected Habayit Hayehudi to suddenly change its stripes, but there is really nothing new about this. Bennet does not listen to rabbonim. That is true. He never claimed to.
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