Mayor Moshe Abutbol did the Rabbi Circuit to prepare for the upcoming hearing in court about issuing the tenders for construction in RBS C/G/3.

Needless to say, they all gave him their blessings and told him he would be completely victorious in court.

What I find especially interesting, and this happened before the elections as well, is that almost all the rabbis the mayor went to for blessings were Litvishe Ashkenazim. He went to Rav Ovadya of course, but in the list quoted, aside form Rav Ovadya, the rest were all Litvishe Ashkenaz.

Does Abutbol have a complex? Does he not realize he is sfardi? Why does he pander to the ashkenaz rabbis when he has plenty of sfardi rabbis to get brachas from? I can understand mixing it up a bit and going to the main ones for brachos and for appearances.. but when he goes almost completely to the ashkenazim for the brachas, something seems strange about it.

Once again, as I have said often, Abutbol, I think, is a good guy with decent intentions. I think he just cannot lead, especially with a strong UTJ faction. He is being led around by Degel HaTorah, and that will eventually be his undoing.