Source:
http://article.wn.com/view/2011/07/23/To_some_of_Israels_rich_and_famous_a_rabbi_serves_as_adviser/
Saturday, 23 July 2011
To some of Israel's rich and famous, a rabbi serves as adviser, guru and miracle worker
ASHDOD, Israel - A few evenings every month, some of Israel's wealthiest and most powerful people can be found in a living room in this seaside city, waiting to have a few minutes with a rabbi they see as an adviser, guru or miracle worker. Yoshiyahu Pinto is slightly stooped, his long beard and hair unkempt. He looks older than his 38 years, and speaks so softly you have to lean in to hear him. His remarkable rise in recent years has turned this living room of floral-patterned chairs and gilt sofas into an intersection of influence extending to Israel's parliament, where a former defense minister believes the rabbi helped him emerge from a coma, and to high finance, where a real estate...
