Family members of the newlywed avreich, Avraham Ben Dayan, who was prevented from putting on tefillin on Sunday after he was imprisoned on Motzei Shabbos for “draft dodging,” are furious at IDF officials for their violation of his most basic religious rights.
The avreich’s wife of two months, Esty, spoke with Kol Barama Radio on Monday morning.
“Police officers stopped the car for a routine check, and the policewoman arrested my husband and told him he was coming with them to Sde Teiman,” she said.
“I went there but no one could tell me where he was. They told me he was on the way to Ofakim, and then a soldier called me and told me he was at the Bahad base. All night they lied to us. They took him and didn’t let me speak to him.”
“They sent us all night from place to place as if he were a terrorist. I had always heard from afar about arrests. My husband only received two draft notices. He learns Torah day and night, a kollel student who learns a full day.”
She added that the most disturbing part was the violation of her husband’s basic rights during his detention. “At five in the afternoon, before the court hearing, they let him speak to me for one minute. He was broken and told me that they didn’t allow him to put on tefillin. He was devastated by it—completely broken and crushed. In a Jewish state, not allowing someone to put on tefillin? It’s a busha and cherpah.”
Esty said that she is still shocked and devastated but was mechazeik after receiving a phone call from HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch. ““The Rosh Yeshiva called us and was mechazeik us,” she said.
During a Knesset meeting on Monday, Degel HaTorah chairman Moshe Gafni harshly criticized the conduct of the IDF, saying, “I don’t intend to remain silent about this matter. A person who was arrested for no reason was not allowed to lay tefillin for an entire day—it’s reminiscent of communist Russia.”
Meanwhile, the police are preparing today for protests by Peleg Yerushalmi in several areas following the arrests of Ben Dayan and a bochur in Be’er Yaakov.
According to the group’s statements, the protests are expected to begin at 4:00 p.m. in the Bnei Brak area and in southern cities.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Jewish state- Ha!!
The Eirev Rav – Misyavnim- have taken over.
Why is a woman speaking to the media?
Time to end all Muslim prayer for convicted Muslims in jail
The police involved should be severely disciplined. This wouldn’t happen in any democratic state. The Supreme Court would not allow this to happen in the US.
We need to begin increasing our numbers. We need every Chareidi to marry young. This is war. If we could increase our population in Israel by marrying at 18 and by 24 have three kids like the chassidim. We could run out all the secular Israelis and take over. Will kick out every Arab and bring in Mexicans and Chinese workers.
Could it be that police did not reveal his location because there are violent protesters showing up? Anyway, I did not hear that IDF soldiers have problems donning tefilin, so maybe avrech should go there for the sake of the mitzva.
Flatbush Yid, in the not-too-distant future the secular and dati leumi communities will vastly reduce subsidies that allow hareidi families to subsist. your suggestion would increase the number of victims of malnutrition
We actually have to worry about the survival of Israel as a country. The citizens of the USA and other allies are turning against Israel. Not for too long in the future, can we take for granted their military assistance. And most countries will not accept immigration from Israel either. We better all join the defense forces of Israel to become self sufficient in its defense.
fastensaul, if you think people arrested in the USA get to put on tefillin I don’t know what planet you’re from. In the USA it’s completely routine that someone arrested will go several days without tefillin, or much in the way of kosher food, before these things are arranged.
However Israel should be different. If this had happened in NY or NJ it would be understandable, but for it to happen in what’s supposed to be a Jewish state is shocking. Israeli police know what tefillin are, and every police station or prison or army base has or ought to have a pair available, just as they have or ought to have kosher meals readily available when needed. Maybe they won’t have Rabenu Tam’s tefilin, or Badatz meals, but they know how to get those if needed. For them to hold someone an entire day and not give him tefillin when he requested them is insane and intolerable.
Dr.goyy hopefully you and all the ones from your camp that Rejoice at charedi suffering will be removed from the face of the Earth and we’ll have higher numbers
ader said: “We better all join the defense forces of Israel to become self sufficient in its defense.”
Because now they rely on imported SOLDIERS? Israel relies on imported weapons and ammunition, not soldiers. Your whole comment makes no sense, and is totally irrelevant to the article. Who needs Israel altogether if they forcibly prevent a Jew from doing a Mitzvah? Something the USA does not do. Why is it necessary for Israel to survive? Jews survived 1900 years without a state, but with Tefillin. We can manage without Israel until Moshiach comes. Tell whoever is paying you to troll here that they need to find a better kapo to do their work.
Dr. Goy – The ‘child subsidies’ you refer to were slashed over 20 years ago, with zero impact on the Chareidi birth rate. The Chassidish/Yeshivish birth rate in the USA is, if anything, probably even higher, with even less gov-money, and having to pay in full for private schooling. Ditto for the Satmar/Eidah birthrate in Israel. Your last sentence is appropriate for a N***. תתבייש לך.
Der yidd, you say that if we increase the Chareidi population the secular leaders will cut all funds and thereby eliminate all Chareidim for lack of money. Fact is if we increase our Chareidi population we can outvote the secularists. We can be in control of all the money. We will turn public schools into yeshivas nationwide. We will close down all pork stores and tattoo shops. We will outlaw driving on shabbos unless they are emergency vheicles. We will stop all immoral gay parades. We will make Israel a real Jewish state and kick out all the atheists.