I didn’t understand—when you say the man himself is worthless, do you mean Rabbi Yosef specifically, or in general that every person who gets the Israel Prize is worthless? And why?

Well, we’ll take comfort in the rebuilding of the Land. Not the newspaper, of course.

Obviously not everyone. I mean Yitzhak Yosef. A complete nobody squared, in every respect.

Wow, okay—why a nobody? Maybe there are things you disagree with him about, and that’s obviously fine, but he belongs to a certain stream and a certain style, and he has Torah knowledge and all that—but why worthless and a nobody? Do you think he’s more slogan-driven than someone with real value behind what he represents?
By the way, I’m curious what you think about Rabbi Uri Sherki. Does he speak sensibly in your eyes?

I’m not going to hand out grades to all the rabbis.
They asked me about Yitzhak Yosef and I said what I think of him,
and it has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that he doesn’t agree with my views. There are masses of people like that, and my assessment of them is completely different.

Why doesn’t the Rabbi refer to him with the title “Rabbi”?
I seem to remember that before, when you wrote about him, you did call him Rabbi.

My wild guess—because in his view he’s a nobody squared… but who knows 🤷‍♀

Adi

And a year ago, or however long it’s been, he wasn’t like that?

Maybe his opinion of him changed—that’s not so far-fetched. Or maybe he just happened to write “Rabbi” out of habit too, without any special meaning, and his opinion of him was more or less the same as it is now.

Dear Rabbi Michael Abraham… since I know you’re not easily offended by anyone, please don’t take issue with what follows…
The hatred and contempt that Ashkenazi rabbis from Bnei Brak have for Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef is well known, and they have a tradition from their teachers to continue the hatred of his father through him. Even though their books of Jewish law are useless in light of all the empty casuistry and vapid novelties, things like “a support of a support” or “Torah-level measures,” whose real name is “the measurements of some sage from Europe’s gut reasoning,” stringencies in a double doubt on a rabbinic matter, and custom in Sabbath law, and foolish stringencies in the laws of the Sabbatical year despite the fact that for many halakhic decisors it is rabbinic, and of course their hands did not rest until they also composed books of pilpul on the Talmud and its commentators that have nothing whatsoever to do with seeking truth, along with many other worthless books, which, were I not concerned about a double doubt lest there be some trace of “the way of a sage in his own eyes” in them, it would be permitted to bring them into the restroom, in the renewed Hebrew language, in Rashi script, on paper that involves no doubt of Sabbath desecration, and other absurdities they invented out of their own hearts and sharp minds, in keeping with the splendid and wondrous tradition of the Enlightenment.
By contrast stands Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who has benefited many in practical Jewish law. Very few Jews turn to the books of Jewish law written by the rabbis of Bnei Brak, whereas many among the masses of the Jewish people (and in their eyes that is, as is known, a reason for disparagement) make use of his pleasant, clear, source-filled halakhic books, unlike their books which are full of abstract reasoning, gut reasoning, or logical theories they made up out of their own heads—and much more could be said.
The moment Amnon Yitzhak and Rabbi Michael Abraham share ridicule of the same person—we ought to be concerned.
Still, Rabbi Michael Abraham has not lost his charm in my eyes, because I have learned to ignore the man and listen to his words of wisdom, which are often said.
If only the love that Rabbi Michael has for the Joint List and the left would also reach his heart when it comes to Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, and then the land would be quiet for forty years (forgive me for quoting from the Book of Joshua, since all the books of the Hebrew Bible are worthless in the crystal eyes of the philosophers).

This is a collection of nonsensical drivel, as befits the followers of the above-mentioned witless nonentity. But since I usually explain my claims, I’ll explain.
Rabbi Ovadia was a giant in Torah scholarship, and you can find my appreciation of him in writing and orally, including my rejection of the common yeshiva-world criticisms of him.
By contrast, his son has honestly earned the lack of esteem. He is merely making a living off his father. A fairly stupid man, from whose poor lips very few sensible words have emerged. And this has nothing to do with Ashkenazi views of him.
I won’t get into the ignoramus-level remarks you unloaded on us here, from which it is evident that you have no clue about Jewish law, what pilpul is, the status of details within Jewish law, and so on. But in that too you are following in your rabbi’s footsteps. He also has no clue about any of these things.
If you express appreciation for my words, I’m starting to get worried.

Forgive me, Rabbi, but you didn’t add much in your last comment. You just condemned and disparaged him again.
What does it mean that “very few sensible words have crossed his lips”? Have you listened to his lectures? Because if so, how can you say that? Because of a statement here or there?
I have no doubt that Rabbi Yitzhak doesn’t come close to his father’s level, but to claim that he isn’t worthy at all and is just making a living off his father is simply baseless slander.
I think the wise readers of the site who look again at what you wrote will see that there is no substance to your words.
There is room to criticize Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, even sharply, but you greatly exaggerated.

I really didn’t want to get into this topic at all, but Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef’s knowledge is immense, and he is a giant in character traits and a giant in Torah.
And no, nobody brainwashed me and I’m not some sort of follower. Just a simple person who listens to everyone.
Why be influenced and incited by gut feelings that arise from a first, superficial glance, from detached little snippets out of long and deep Torah lectures filled with tremendous mastery of Torah and Jewish law?
I met the Rabbi personally more than once, and what is being written here about him has no grip on reality whatsoever, I’m sorry.

You can’t even begin to compare the huge encyclopedia called “Yalkut Yosef” to what was written here. Look for the truth—where have we gone wrong…

I would genuinely be glad to understand Michael Abraham’s great and excessive aversion to the Rabbi..

How can one, after a simple reading of just one section of Yalkut Yosef from beginning to end, with all the notes, depth, and astonishing humanity that fills the books that came from his own hand (and from Rabbi Ovadia, of blessed memory), say these kinds of things?
Have you read Ma’atikei HaShemu’ah? Ein Yitzhak? Shulchan HaMa’arekhet?
Just from reading the introduction to Ma’atikei HaShemu’ah you’ll understand how far what is written here is from the truth..
“A fool and a nonentity”?
That’s beyond me..