Chief Rabbi of Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu speaks at a 'Besheva' group conference, on February 7, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Chief Rabbi of Safed Shmuel Eliyahu, a prominent figure in Israel’s national religious movement, said in a Friday column that a devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this week, killing tens of thousands, was “divine justice.”