Rabbi Tears Draft Notice Amid Criticism Over Yeshiva Funding
Translated & summarized from Israel Hayom by baba
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- Rabbi tore up a student's military draft notice at a public yeshiva event.
- The yeshiva received over 3 million shekels in state funding in 2024.
- A similar incident involved a rabbi criticizing the Chief of Staff.
- The kollel led by the second rabbi also receives significant state funding.
A rabbi leading the Heichal Yitzchak yeshiva was filmed tearing up a military draft notice presented to one of his students during a religious gathering on Saturday night, in front of hundreds of students. Publicly available data indicates that the yeshiva received over 3 million shekels in direct state funding in 2024. This incident follows a similar controversy in June, when Rabbi Yosef Aryeh Yizdi made sharp remarks against Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir during a protest against the conscription of yeshiva students. Yizdi called Zamir "may his name be blotted out," sparking widespread public criticism. Yizdi argued that Israel's military successes stem not from its capabilities but from the Torah study of yeshiva students and scholars.
Simultaneously, it was reported that the kollel (post-graduate Torah study institute) headed by Yizdi also receives state funding. According to published figures, this kollel received 653,818 shekels from the state budget in the last fiscal year, and over the past decade, state support has amounted to more than 10 million shekels.
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