Yisrael Meir Teharani, a talmid at the Shalhevet HaTorah yeshiva, has been in military detention for a week after being arrested during his sheva brachos.

His family members expressed distress that all efforts to release the new husband have failed, and he spent his first Shabbos after Sheva Brachos in a military prison.

“We feel as if a sharp sword has been plunged into our hearts,” his family members said. “Instead of sitting with his family around the Shabbos table, just a week after his wedding, he sat in solitude behind bars.”

According to the Ezram U’Meginim and Notnim Gav organizations, Teharani’s arrest is a grave escalation in the persecution of the Olam HaTorah, as he appeared at the Holon police station to give testimony—at the request of the police.

“If the Israeli police are laying traps for bnei yeshivos, it is encouraging crime within the Chareidi sector, and the consequences for the police could be disastrous,” a statement said.

Over 20 Chareidim have been arrested on “draft-dodging” charges at Ben-Gurion Airport over the past week on the way to Uman.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)