Monday, February 16, 2026

Rav in Petach Tikva Arrested in middle of giving a shiur.

 The Rabbi known in his community of Petah Tikva was arrested yesterday in front of all his students - following a police complaint filed by his sister-in-law claiming that he raped her from the age of 14 to the age of 20: 

The rabbi does not deny the relationship between them, and even admitted that he got her pregnant at the age of 20 - the event that ended their relationship, but claims that everything was in agreement and only when she was there In a gear.

 She claimed - everything was rape and all this happened when she was a minor, and he was an adult. 

She claims it was a rape that lasted 7 years, but her sister who married the same rabbi-doesn't believe it was rape. Although the complaint was first filed yesterday, there is documentation of a rabbinical court procedure years ago, that did not lead to results and was closed in the middle of the hearings. 

The suspect's lawyer expressed anger at the conduct of the police officers 

"Why arrest him in front of all the students when it's about a sleeping event". 

The court determined that there is a suspicion that links the suspect to the actions and in order to prevent disruption of investigation procedures his arrest was extended for 4 days to allow the investigation to continue

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