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Former chief rabbi grilled over suspected blackmail case — reports
Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter.
A former chief rabbi has been summoned for questioning by the police in a case surrounding blackmail suspicions in the state’s rabbinical court system, Hebrew media reports.
The move was approved by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. The name of the former chief rabbi is gagged by court order.
He is questioned under caution, meaning he could face charges, in connection with suspicions that a rabbinical judge closely associated with the former chief rabbi blackmailed a subordinate to influence his rulings.
According to the Walla website, investigators from the police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit raided the offices of the Grand Rabbinical Court this morning in search of emails and documents.
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