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Newly elected president Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem old city on June 10, 2014. Likud Party Knesset Member Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin, 74, on Tuesday afternoon won a Knesset vote to become the 10th President of the State of Israel. Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Thank G-d! Ruby Rivlin got 63 Knesset votes, and Shitrit didn’t make it.

Now in all honesty, I don’t expect miracles from Ruby. The position of President of Israel was created to be ceremonial, to free the Prime Minister from time consuming photo shoots with ambassadors and all. I trust that Ruby will be charming and not try to stretch the job into being a faux Prime Minister.

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Shimon Peres tried to stretch stretched the position, because he really wanted to be Prime Minister and make policy to undermine Bibi Netanyahu. I had/have no doubt that if Meir Shitrit had been elected he would have attempted to continue Peres’s precedent.

So let’s wish Ruby Rivlin, Israel’s newest President a long, healthy and productive life.

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Batya Medad blogs at Shiloh Musings.