Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Safed, is the son of Israel’s former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and the father of its current Minister of Tradition, Amichai Eliyahu. He recently told a large gathering in Jerusalem that a leading Italian parliamentarian, from Italy’s ruling party, contacted his son, the Minister of Tradition. The Italian parliamentarian said that Rome has possession of the JewishTemple’s vessels and wants to return them to Israel.
According to Rabbi Eliyahu, the representative of Italy’s ruling party, a leading member of the national parliament, recently requested a Zoom meeting with Israel’s Minister of Tradition. In the request for the the meeting, he said it was very important to him – absolutely vital. When they eventually connected, this is what he told Israel’s Minister of Tradition.
“Everyday from my office I see the Arch of Titus. It's hard to miss it. It's big and impressive. And everyone can see what’s displayed on it – Jewish slaves carrying off the Jewish Temple’s implements into exile. 2000 years ago we defeated you. We destroyed your Temple, massacred your people, including crucifixions, and exiled the Jews throughout the world. And I suppose you deserved it.
Jewish tradition itself says this. 2000 years have passed and since then and you have undergone a deep change. You have returned to the Land of Israel and, I suppose, you also deserve to return. Gd promised that you would one day return and that time is now.”
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