Attorney Avraham Lavie said, Friday, that "the Stern Law", which seeks to amend the Chief Rabbinate Law by enlarging the committee which makes the final selection, is problematic from a number of standpoints. Lavie wrote an opinion on the law, received during the last day by religious-Zionist rabbis, headed by Rabbi Haim Druckman and Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein.
Interviewed by Arutz Sheva's Hebrew service, Lavie said the new law has far-reaching implications that could cause a number of appeals to the Supreme Court, which could impose a freeze on the selection of the next chief rabbis "until further notice". He said the law to expand the committee would put the country on a slippery slope to a day, not far away, when the High Court could decide that women could apply for Chief Rabbi.