The head of the Yeshiva Committee, Rabbi Kaufman, informed Mir Yeshiva's dean, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, that a draft-evading student who was arrested will be released before Shabbat, according to a report. No specific time or official confirmation has been provided yet.
The Yeshiva Committee chairman, Rabbi Kaufman, has informed Mir Yeshiva's dean Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel that the draft-evading yeshiva student arrested earlier this week will be released before Shabbat begins. The message, reported Friday morning, comes amid ongoing tensions over military conscription in the ultra-Orthodox community. As The Zioneer has reported (June 25), the Mir Yeshiva had threatened a mass protest if the student was not freed by Sunday. Rabbi Kaufman's announcement may resolve the immediate crisis before Shabbat, but no official confirmation from the IDF or Prison Service has been released, and the precise release time remains unconfirmed.
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