Rabbi Elisha Aviner, head of the study of Jewish law at Yeshivat Ma'ale Adumim, objects to the statements attributed to him in an article in Mishpacha magazine against the Tzohar rabbinical organization.

"I asked to leave the Tzohar council and not attend the meetings because these are sensitive issues with which I am not familiar and not out of controversy or anger. I appreciate Tzohar's work, and was not told that my comments would be published."