(IsraelNN.com) Rabbi Tzvi Tau, head of a major stream within the religious-Zionist yeshiva world, has released an open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu on the eve of the latter's diplomatic speech. Rabbi Tau, 73, was a top student of the saintly Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook, now heads Yeshivat Har HaMor in Jerusalem, and is regarded as the top spiritual authority in thousands of homes and institutions across the country.
The letter states:
To Our Prime Minister, Raised Above the People, Mr. Binyamin Netanyahu, May G-d protect and strengthen him
At this fateful hour, the eyes of all Israel are uplifted towards you – the man whom the Supreme Providence has elevated to raise up the honor of Israel, by standing strong in the face of the pressures of the nations that abuse our independence and intervene in our affairs.
.....Honored Prime Minister of Israel, the responsibility of the generations rests upon your shoulders at this hour. There are historic moments at which one’s success depends precisely upon his measure of correlation with the long and eternal lines of He Who “proclaims all the generations from the beginning” (ibid. 41,4).
The nation elected you, with the trust and hope that you would stand proudly and strongly. You have begun to act with boldness to rebuff the American and European pressures. Your success, and our nation’s success, depends upon your continued stance in this manner....
The Nation of Israel, living in the Land of Israel and elsewhere, expects and prays that its honor and respect will be raised up by you. All the generations of our people, as well as those among the other nations who have integrity – though they are not always the ones in power - will hold you in great esteem for this, and you “will find favor and grace in the eyes of G-d and man.”
The prayers of many generations are with you. You are the emissary of the public, of the entire Jewish People, and of G-d. You are an emissary appointed with the power of holiness, the Divine power that runs the entire world, the power of the Guardian of Israel Who never sleeps or slumbers, and Who leads it to the Full Redemption.
Be strong!
