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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s enormous funeral was in many ways, especially in the way it was reflected in the media, the mirror image of the mass social protest that broke out in the summer of 2011.
At first glance, the comparison of these two events seems unfounded. But when one attempts to interpret the power of the largest funeral in the history of the state of Israel, one understands that what happened here greatly surpasses deep mourning over an important Torah scholar. It is also the protest of a Mizrahi (Oriental) public, for which the Shas Party has been its home and comfort.
