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Tel Aviv Court Upholds Ruling Forcing Ponovezh Yeshiva Faction to Vacate By September
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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · 19 minutes ago
What happened
- 01Tel Aviv District Court upheld arbitration forcing Rabbi Markovitz's faction to vacate Ponovezh by Sept 30, 2026.
- 02The ruling bans use of Ponovezh's name and logo by Markovitz's group and forbids him from claiming yeshiva leadership.
- 03Judge Shevah condemned faction's violent acts as desecration and rejected claims of irrevocable leadership rights.
- 04The dispute began in the 1990s and deeply divided the ultra-Orthodox community over yeshiva control.
- 05Markovitz's supporters plan to appeal to the Supreme Court, challenging the annulment of a 2000 ruling.
- 06The court ordered the faction to pay 75,000 shekels in legal fees to Ponovezh and Rabbi Kohenman.
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