The Chareidi public is awaiting confirmation amid growing concern over the recent yeshiva student arrests and the looming threat of a draft decree against the Torah world. Despite attempts to delay or cancel the gathering, this time it appears that plans are moving forward — though details could still change.
The organizing committee, composed of representatives from Shas, Agudas Yisroel, and Degel HaTorah, met this morning at Bnei Brak City Hall in a rare show of unity. According to reports, the massive atzeres is tentatively set to take place Thursday afternoon at the entrance to Yerushalayim — the same location as the historic 2014 gathering. However, the organizers still face logistical and financial challenges, including coordination with police and local authorities.
The initiative follows the arrest of Ariel Shamai, a bochur from Yeshivas Ateres Shlomo, whose detention has sparked widespread outrage across the Chareidi community. For the first time, even Degel HaTorah joined the protests.
HaRav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin, Rosh Yeshivas Ateres Shlomo, has been working to unite all segments of the Torah world around the issue. This morning, he participated in a rare full-session meeting of the Eida HaChareidis Beis Din in Yerushalayim, led by HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch, to discuss next steps in response to the ongoing arrests of yeshiva students.
Meanwhile, thousands of children from the Ateres Shlomo Talmudei Torah network are expected to gather Monday outside Prison 10 to protest the arrest — following the directive of HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch.
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The LGBT pro-abortion idiots get to shut down the streets whatever they want, it’s time to close the country down for the Torah. These anti-religious pigs are not going to be the end of us we’ve survived worse
The charedim have over many years positioned themselves as a super class thinking they are better than everyone else. These protests are all about control and money, nothing else. There are many tracks in the army which are designed to allow soldiers to maintain a charedi life style. As Moshe Rabbeinu said in chumash Devarim, one group of Jews are not allowed to sit by and let the others fight for Eretz Yisrael. Everyone had to participate.
The charedim have over many years positioned themselves as a super class thinking they are better than everyone else. These protests are all about control and money, nothing else. There are many tracks in the army which are designed to allow soldiers to maintain a charedi life style.
Is it appropriate to ask, especially if this is being raised with the Gedolim, how this will be effective or even perceived — given that I don’t recall a similar public gathering or initiative of tefilah for the hostages while they were suffering in Gaza, or for the tens of thousands of soldiers who risked their lives fighting there, with so many paying the ultimate price?
The pro Arab-racism / pro Islamic-bigotry Haaretz [Haaretzism] is the typical hypocrisy, after and amidst its blood libels on IDF – fighting human-shields users “palestine” regimes (which Haaretz’s neo Nazi fans are so happy to add to…), it complains against conscientious objectors ultra-orthodox Jews Haredim rejecting IDF conscription.