Ahead of his departure to the US, Rabbi Gershon Hirsch published a letter addressed to tens of thousands of kollel avreichim across Israel, urging them to stand firm. The letter frames the current conflict as a spiritual battle, calling on yeshiva students to intensify Torah study as the path to victory.
Rabbi Gershon Hirsch, a leading Lithuanian Torah figure, published a letter to kollel avreichim (married yeshiva students) just before departing for a fundraising trip to the United States. The letter, reported by the Yated Ne'eman-affiliated the source, calls on tens of thousands of avreichim to see the current conflict as a spiritual war and to respond by intensifying Torah study. Rabbi Hirsch's trip comes amid a broader public debate over military service exemptions for yeshiva students, as The Zioneer noted in a previous report (June 20). The letter does not directly reference the IDF, the war in Gaza, or any draft legislation, but the timing — as the military faces personnel shortages and renewed calls for broader conscription — places the message in a charged political landscape. No further details on the letter's distribution or content were available at time of writing.
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