[1] Ifargan's admirers includes a mix of low income Mizrahi Jewish people from southern Israel, as well as high profile Israeli politicians, businessmen and celebrities.

[3][4] Ifargan conducts an annual event at his fathers tomb in Netivot and holds midnight Tikkun (reparation) ceremonies there.

[5][6] Ifargan provides blessings and business advice to Israeli businessmen and politicians, and adherents believe he has the ability to diagnose patients by eyesight.

[13] In 2013, Israeli crime boss Shalom Domrani was arrested for threatening Ifargan to support Mayor Yehiel Zohar in the Netivot municipal elections.

[14] Ifergan's aides publish "Inyan Ba'ir", a Netivot local newspaper, to convey the rabbi's messages and strengthen his public profile.

[15] Ifargan erected a large, truncated pyramid shaped mausoleum for his father at the top of a hill covered in white marble.

[11] By doing so, Dr. Anat Feldman of the Achva Academic College, says he creates an image that he is part of the rabbinic establishment, thus gaining additional public legitimacy.

In 2009, a reconciliation meeting took place between Ifargan and some prominent Ashkenazi rabbis, including Aharon Leib Shteinman, Chaim Kanievsky, Nissim Karelitz and Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz.