Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, the grand rabbi of Satmar, condemned attacks by Jews on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the day of Satmar Grand Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum’s yahrzeit Sunday.

In a press release, the grand rabbi warned Jews to remember their exilic status and not provoke more hostility through angry rhetoric.

“Recently, we have witnessed a terrible provocation against the nations by heimishe Yidden—through the incitement against the Mayor of New York City,” a Satmar Williamsburg press release quoted him as saying at the yahrzeit gathering.

“We must remember that we are in exile,” he said. “The Prophet Jeremiah instructed the Jewish people: ‘Seek the peace of the city to which I have exiled you, and pray to Hashem on its behalf.’ An observant Jew must follow the Torah’s path and accept the decree of exile.”

“To denounce the mayor and brand him an antisemite constitutes a true provocation against the nations,” he added. “As though the provocation against the nations taking place in Eretz Yisroel were not enough, they are now bringing it here to the United States as well.”