Top Rabbi Warns Lawmakers: Without Yeshiva Students, 'We Have Nothing'
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
Rabbi Gershon Mordechai Bergman, a leader of Degel HaTorah, told United Torah Judaism lawmakers that the community's existence depends on yeshiva students, stating "if we do not have yeshiva students, we have nothing." The lawmakers met with Bergman ahead of elections to discuss the issue, which MK Yitzhak Pindrus called the central campaign battle. The party has vowed not to join any government without securing arrangements for yeshiva students.
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- Rabbi Gershon Mordechai Bergman stated that without yeshiva students, "we have nothing."
- Top rabbis and lawmakers met to discuss the critical importance of yeshiva students in upcoming elections.
- MK Yitzhak Pindrus called the election campaign the "battle for yeshiva students."
- United Torah Judaism vowed not to join any government without securing arrangements for yeshiva students.
- The party leaders sought the Rabbi's blessing for success in the elections.
Rabbi Gershon Mordechai Bergman, a leader of the Degel HaTorah party, told lawmakers from his faction that the continuation of their community hinges on yeshiva students. "We must stand on this, if we do not have yeshiva students, we have nothing!" Bergman stated during a meeting at his residence with Knesset members ahead of upcoming elections.
Knesset members from the United Torah Judaism party visited Rabbi Bergman to discuss pressing election matters and seek his blessing. During the meeting, Bergman emphasized that all issues concerning their community relate to yeshiva students. MK Yitzhak Pindrus, representing the lawmakers, stated that the current election campaign, from all sides, is fundamentally about the yeshiva students, more than any previous election.
Bergman reiterated the critical importance of yeshiva students, declaring, "Our entire essence is that we stand on this, and if not this, we have nothing." He urged them to remember this core principle. MK Pindrus added that the party had publicly declared they would not join any government without an agreed-upon arrangement for yeshiva students, regardless of the election outcome. He asserted that opponents are trying to dismantle this foundation because it is the cornerstone of their entire society. The lawmakers concluded the meeting by receiving the Rabbi's blessing for success in the elections and for sanctifying God's name.