Education Minister Zevulun Hammer and Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren both reacted circumspectly yesterday to the Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that the rabbinate has no legal power to determine state policy and criticized Hammer for ordering the suspension of the archaeological excavation at the City of David after the Chief Rabbinate ruled that the dig must be halted.
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