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Rabbi Meir Nahorai Warns Basic Law on Torah Study Weakens Torah and Eases Draft Evasion
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First reported by Arutz Sheva · Jun 11, 2026
What happened
Rabbi Meir Nahorai denounces Israel’s Basic Law on Torah Study as a political cover for draft evasion. He says it damages Torah’s status, privileges Haredi institutions, and ignores religious Zionist forms of study that also serve the state.
- 01Rabbi Meir Nahorai says the law’s real aim is draft exemption, not Torah.
- 02He calls the Knesset-approved bill shameful and damaging to Torah’s status.
- 03The bill, he says, wrongly centers Haredi yeshivot as the only Torah study.
- 04He warns religious Zionists are compromising core values for political deals.
- 05He urges lawmakers to try to reverse the law and restore accountability.
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