If you think that something was missing from the 'bordel' which is the White House right now, think twice. Maybe you are wrong. There are all there, enjoying the show. Among them, representatives of the 'miracle rabbis' Pinto family.
Coming from a famous and revered family of Moroccan Jews, among which the Abuhazeira branch represented by the 'saint' Baba Sali, the Pintos are an interesting spiritual mix. Yoshiyahu Pinto who spent a year in an Israeli prison for bribery is a follower of the Satmer branch of Askenazi Hasidism. (He is not the only Sephardi Moroccan attracted to the European brand of Judaism, as the current ministry of Interior and Shas leader, Arye Deri whose parents were traditionally religious also studied in Askenazi yeshivot). Yoshiyahu's uncle, Rav David Pinto wears a kapota and a hat close to the Chabad style.
Both Jared Kushner, whose family is Modern Orthodox, and Ivanka Trump praise the Pinto family advice, either on personal and religious matters. (Actually, to keep things right, Hillary went for a blessing and an advice to them too). The Kushners are regular donors to various educational and charitable institutions belonging to the Pinto family, both in America and Israel and Ivanka is said to have kept a close relationship with the Pintos during her conversion to Judaism through the Chabad. Rav Yeshayahu Pinto apparently even mediated a dispute between Charles Kushner, Jared's father, and his brother Murray (the relationships in Kushner family, including between close brothers are extremely wild, to describe them in a very polite way, more about it in a well-documented book by Vicky Ward Kushner Inc.: Greed. Ambition.Corrution. The extraordinary story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump)
Some say that in the hard moments of the Trump electoral campaign, Jared Kushner received advice and inspiration from the Pinto rabbis, for example to replace Corry Lewandowski with Kellyann Conway. From the Pinto family headquarters in Ashdod, Israel, every Shabbat candles are lit and blessings are made for president Trump.
While recently in Morocco with Jason Greenblatt, Kushner went to the graves of the holy Pinto rabbis. In NYC, he and Ivanka are often visiting the grave of the Schneerson rabbi, also considered a 'miracle rabbi' for some of his Askenazi followers.
Sometimes though, even the holiest miracle rabbis can't do anything during debacle times.
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