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Chief Rabbi Isaac Yosef Urges Protesters to Avoid Blocking Roads During Bnei Brak Prayer Rally
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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · 13 hours ago
What happened
Chief Rabbi Isaac Yosef warned participants of a Bnei Brak prayer rally not to block Highway 4 or other roads, urging peaceful protest through prayer only. The rally, supported by senior Torah sages, protests the imprisonment of Sephardic yeshiva students and spiritual decrees. Rabbi Yosef condemned the arrests as discriminatory and called for respect for Torah study.
- 01Chief Rabbi Isaac Yosef warns protesters not to block Highway 4 during Bnei Brak rally.
- 02The prayer rally is scheduled for Monday at 9:30 p.m. on Eshel Avraham and Ravinov streets.
- 03Senior Torah sages call the rally a sacred duty to protest spiritual decrees and imprisonments.
- 04Rabbi Yosef condemns arrests of Sephardic yeshiva students as racially motivated.
- 05The rally is to be peaceful, limited in time, with immediate dispersal after prayer.
- 06Rabbi Yosef criticizes the right-wing government for harsh measures against Torah scholars.
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Kikar HaShabbatRight · Hebrew33 minutes ago
Chief Rabbi Isaac Yosef Urges Protesters to Avoid Blocking Roads During Bnei Brak Prayer Rally
Arutz ShevaRight · Hebrew3 hours ago
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