A melamed at a Talmud Torah in Bnei Brak has come under fire after admitting to striking two fifth-grade students but returning to the classroom after being suspended for just one day.

According to a report by Galatz Chareidi affairs correspondent Mordechai Halperin, the teacher acknowledged hitting the boys, explaining that they had been disrespectful and that he believed they needed to be “taught a lesson.”

Following the incident, the school’s administration held a disciplinary meeting with the teacher and decided to suspend him for one day before allowing him to resume teaching.

The mother of one of the students told Kikar Hashabbat that her son said the teacher pinched him forcefully and twisted his arm.

The principal said he made it clear to the teacher that such behavior is unacceptable and insisted that similar incidents would not happen again.

“This will not happen again,” the principal said. “I understood this was truly an exceptional incident that has no place here. I suspended him for one day. He tried to justify his actions, but I told him there are limits.”

The principal also indicated that the teacher’s future at the school remains uncertain, saying he is considering not rehiring him for the upcoming school year.

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