Follow-Up Info For The Atzeret Tefillah Tomorrow (2:30 - 4:30 pm Israel Time)

8 Marcheshvan 5786 

See Klal Yisrael Only Finds Unity Around the Torah for the initial announcements with all the details.

Understand that we are up against pure evil!  If it were really about giving relief to the soldiers they would go after all those not serving (i.e. secular and Arab) or alternatively, they would be pressing for an end to the war altogether.  

You must also understand that the Americans are here to eradicate the "radicals" - anyone (Jew or Arab) who lives their lives according to any religious belief that does not accommodate their Western vision of this land and their plans for it.

Supreme Court Judge: “Make Space In Prison For All Chareidi Draft Evaders”

Israel’s Supreme Court, in an expanded panel headed by Deputy President Justice Noam Sohlberg, held a hearing on Wednesday on petitions from left-wing organizations, including the Reform Movement, demanding that the state order the immediate conscription of all bnei yeshivos—based on the Court’s prior ruling that there is currently no law regulating their status, and that the existing draft law must therefore be enforced.

The judges repeatedly pressed state representatives, asking why the IDF has not arrested thousands of bnei yeshivos who are technically considered draft dodgers, claiming that the IDF “needs more soldiers.” They were not receptive to responses by state representatives that there is no room in prison for thousands of “draft dodgers” and that the arrests of bnei yeshivos have not resulted in increased Chareidi conscription.

Justice Yael Wilner demanded that all 5,700 bnei yeshivos officially declared as “draft dodgers” be imprisoned immediately by the state, saying that “space can be made in prison for them.”

State Attorney Neta Oren told the court, “We aim to recruit soldiers, not to fill military detention facilities. We’re dealing with a large population that has not enlisted in the IDF for decades. Integrating them requires a gradual process—adapting military service to their cultural and social circumstances. The powers of the IDF and the police are limited, and comprehensive governmental coordination is needed.”

Wilner also demanded to know why only 54,000 initial draft orders were issued, rather than all 80,000. Attorney Oren replied, “It required significant resources from the military during wartime. There’s no point issuing numerous orders just for them to be quickly classified as evaders.”

At that point, two Chareidim burst into the courtroom shouting, “We will die before we enlist!” They were forcibly removed from the courtroom by security guards. A few minutes later, seven additional Chareidim burst into the room and were also forcibly removed.

The yarmulke-wearing Justice Sohlberg said that the IDF “needs these people now!” but did not address the question of how using police and IDF resources to arrest and imprison bnei yeshivos will help the army.

A representative of the yeshivas responded, “Einstein said that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity.”

MK Meir Porush reacted to the hearing: “The hearing now taking place in the Supreme Court is the peak of estrangement from Am Yisrael. After the Attorney General failed miserably in her absurd plan to arrest lomdei Torah as a lever for forced conscription, the Supreme Court judges are now wondering why more lomdei Torah aren’t being arrested.”

"We have no faith in a judge who calls for arresting lomdei Torah, and in our view, he is not worthy of his position in a state that is ruled by Jews. Tomorrow tens of thousands will gather in Jerusalem and make clear to all authorities: we will not be silent and we will not forgive when the Torah is persecuted."

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

“Sifrei Torah Are In Distress:” 3 Moetzos In United Call To Attend Mass Tefillah In Jerusalem

The Moatzos Gedolei and Chachmei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah, Agudas Yisrael, and Shas issued a joint call to the public to participate in the mass tefillah rally in Jerusalem on Thursday in protest of the escalating gezeiros against bnei yeshivos.

Under the title “גם היום יוושעו מפיך שוכן מרומים,” the statement says, “It is known throughout the land to the ends of the earth, the dreadful decrees that have been imposed upon those who dwell in the tents of Torah in Eretz Hakodesh—those who are oisek in the Torah HaKedoshash in the Heichelei HaTorah, the crown and glory of our nation for all generations, who sustain the world through the breath of their mouths and limmud HaTorah. And they have escalated their deeds, and in addition to the economic decrees, they have cast the precious bnei yeshivos into prison, and the Sifrei Torah are in distress.”

“At such a time, we have no refuge but Torah and tefillah to Kal Elyon. The power of Yaakov lies only in his voice—to cry out and plead to the One who dwells on high, for He is abundant in forgiveness and mercy, to have compassion for the poor and the downtrodden, to save them from all tzarah and protect them, so that they may dwell in the Beis Hashem all their days מתוך הרחבת הדעת.”

“Therefore, we call with words of chibah to the entire Am Hashem in Eretz Hakodesh: come and participate in the atzeres tefillah on Thursday, Parshas Lech Lecha, the 8th of Marcheshvan, 5786, together with tens of thousands of Amcha Beis Yisrael, at the gates of Jerusalem, our holy city—to raise our voices in supplication and prayer to the Borei Olam. It is an Eis Ratzon when the tzibur davens together, with one heart and one voice, to one Father.”

“Great is the power of the multitude, and our tefillos and pleas before Shomea Tefillah—may He listen to the cry of Yisrael, that their tefillos ascend to Shamayim, and He bring them redemption and relief from their tzara—that they be saved before the eyes of all until deliverers ascend to Tzion, and we see the salvation and redemption of Israel.

המצפים לישועה קרובה.”

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)