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Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau, left, and other rabbis attend a Torah scroll completion ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel on June 15, 2015. (Eli Segal)

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“There is an obligation to complain to the authorities in charge of these issues, and not hide it,” Lau said in a statement.

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