Uri Orbach
צילום: תומר ברזידה
Leave Torah out of it
Uri Orbach unimpressed with criminals who turn to religion in bid to avert punishment
I do not like criminals and thugs too much. I dislike even more criminals who suddenly put on a kippah in order to signal to the judge that they are on the brink of returning to the straight and narrow.
Had I been a judge, I would have sent them to prison for the offense they were charged with and added a fine for desecrating holy Jewish artifacts.
The worst ones are those who do not make do with a kippah, but rather, cover their faces with a prayer shawl or hide their cruel face behind a Book of Psalms. These “righteous” figures do not move an inch without handcuffs and a prayer book.
If it was only possible, they would arrive at court holding a Torah scroll.
The disturbed woman from Jerusalem who abused her children also covered her face with the Book of Psalms, for fear that photographers would get a shot of her. This shows us that those who do not show mercy to their children will eventually also abuse their holy books.
Child holier than book
I deliberately chose to deal with this photograph, of the woman’s face hidden behind a Book of Psalms, because there are people who find it difficult to understand that a child must not be abused, but find it easy to understand that they must not abuse the Book of Psalms.
After all, every child is holier than any book, yet this woman pulverized her own children in the name of some kind of alleged “spirituality” or “education” or “dedication to mitzvahs.”
In order to respect the Jewish Torah it would have been better to hide the Book of Psalms and expose the abuser’s face.
