Rabbi Aryeh Stern Shlita, the dati leumi community�s candidate to become the next Jerusalem Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi, was invited to a simchas beis hashoeva in Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva. The invitation was extended by the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Yaakov Shapira Shlita, who is also a candidate in the race.
Rabbi Shapira is likely to pull out of the race now that Rabbi Stern�s semicha has been verified and his candidacy is no longer in jeopardy. In the last race for the city�s chief rabbis, Rabbi Shapira did not run, once again bowing out to permit Rabb Stern to run.
(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
