At least eight Chareidim were arrested at Ben-Gurion Airport on Monday morning as they attempted to leave the country for Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
Several Charedim on the way to Uman were previously arrested on Sunday morning.
Last week, at least 10 Chareidim attempting to travel to Uman were arrested. At least one Lubavitcher on the way to 770 for the Yamim Tovim was also arrested at the airport.
According to a Kikar H’Shabbat report, there are currently 33 bnei yeshivos sitting in military prison.
The Magen V’Moshia center issued a statement warning that in recent days, the presence of military police at the airport has increased.
There is growing concern about the number of Chareidim who will be forced to spend Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in prison. “The very idea that a yeshivah bochur will sit in prison precisely on the most kodesh days of the year is unacceptable,” the center said.
Attorney Natan Rosenblatt also warned that military prison is “not the place for a Breslover chassid, not a bochur nor an avreich, certainly not during the kodesh days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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“The very idea that a yeshivah bochur will sit in prison precisely on the most kodesh days of the year is unacceptable,” the center said. why is it unacceptable? show no respect for the State of Israel, then you go to jail, where you belong. Eretz Yisroel is kodesh, not Uman. better in jail in Eretz Yisroel than davening in the Ukraine!!
Breslov fools, living in la-la land.
They knew they were taking a risk, they shouldn’t have traveled.
These people went to the airport knowing full well that according to derech ha’teva, at least, they will get arrested. It is impossible they were not told that everyone who leaves the country has their names run through the computers to check their status as far as IDF service goes by all of their friends who were not going to Uman or 770 this year. So spending the yomin nor’im in jail was basically something they agreed to by going to the airport and the “nes” they were hoping for did not happen for them.
If they were ready to confront russian missiles in Uman, they can survive in a room in EY
and was anyone arrested on a way to a live Rebbe?
Good! Not in yeshiva? Jail them all!
Arrested for army or something else?
The number keeps growing with each news blog
But they really think they could avoid the draft and leave the country? And not get caught not to bright are they. But in truth how many of these supposedly kollel attendees are really sitting and learning. Just try to daven uninterrupted by all the Israelis running around in America collecting during davening
I thought most stated that they prefer to be in prison than go to serve in the army.