A source in the Israel Prison Service is accusing a jailed rabbi of “tricking” the courts into granting him leave for Passover, Walla news reports.
Yoshiyahu Pinto is currently serving a one-year sentence for bribing a police officer. Due to health issues, he is serving his sentence in the medical center of Ramle’s Nitzan Prison.
The rabbi is ostensibly leaving jail for his brother’s wedding on the eve of Passover, but the source says the request to attend the ceremony came immediately after the IPS told Pinto that he does not meet the criteria for furlough for the holiday. Prisoners are, however, legally entitled to attend the wedding of an immediate relative.
The wedding, which will take place an hour before the start of the holiday, has been organized by Pinto himself, Walla says.
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