Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, one of the senior Shas rabbinical figures, will head a protest rally in Bnei Brak on Saturday night against the arrest of draft evaders, according to journalist Eli Hirshman (N12). In light of the rally, his weekly lesson will be pre-recorded.
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, a leading figure on the Shas Council of Torah Sages, is joining the ultra-Orthodox protest movement against the military's arrest of draft evaders. He will lead a rally in Bnei Brak on Saturday night, according to journalist Eli Hirshman (N12). The decision marks a significant escalation in mainstream Shas rabbinical involvement in the protests, which until now have been led by community activists and mid-level figures. His weekly Torah lesson will be pre-recorded to accommodate the rally. The protest wave began earlier this month after military police arrested yeshiva graduates who had evaded conscription. Previous rallies have been held outside Military Prison 4, in Jerusalem, and in Beit Shemesh, as The Zioneer reported.
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