Overview
- The Ateres Shlomo student left Military Prison 10 in Beit Lid on Wednesday, five days before his scheduled release, during the levayah of Rebbetzin Leah Feiga Sorotzkin.
- He had served a 15-day term for failing to enroll in the IDF, a case that drew protests outside the prison and energized a mass rally in Jerusalem.
- The prison commander approved the early release following efforts by attorney Menachem Stober and draft activist R' Shimon Shisha, described by supporters as an unusual procedure.
- Hundreds welcomed him back at the yeshiva in Rishon Lezion with singing, a horse-drawn carriage, and blessings from senior rabbinic leaders.
- Shortly after leaving custody, he visited Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch in Bnei Brak to offer thanks for support, with the rosh yeshiva saying he looked “a hundred percent.”