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MK Rabbi Ravitz: Increase in Youth Crime is the Result of Failed Education

By Eliezer Rauchberger

The sharp rise in crime and violence stem from a warped education system that totally overlooks yiras Shomayim said MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz during a speech before the Knesset plenum addressing the issue of the increase in crime.

Rabbi Ravitz asked Tommy Lapid and other MKs from Shinui, which had raised the issue onto the agenda, what they intend to do to halt crime. "We know that `Im ein yiras Elokim bamokom hazeh vaharoguni.' Kill me over a glass of beer; kill me over a parking space. If there is no Elokim in a place, I will kill because of anger, because of pride, because of envy. If there is no education to [teach] what is Above you, this is the outcome."

When MK Shalgi of Shinui claimed "law and democracy" are of supreme importance to him, Rabbi Ravitz retorted that in Israel we live under a system of law and democracy, yet crime is growing from day to day. "Where have your law and democracy led society?" he asked.

"The real question is where does one stand as an individual? Does he know to stand up against what is taking place? Is there something Above you? If you say that you alone exist then you might have thousands of laws and several constitutions, but this is still the result. Increased crime. And this is the social condition in Israel today, for there is no Elokim above you, chas vecholiloh, and without this it is impossible to escape from all of the maladies and misfortunes of Israeli society," concluded Rabbi Ravitz.

 

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