Overview

• More than 100 Breslov rabbis and community leaders convened at an emergency meeting before issuing the directive on Thursday.
• The ruling instructs anyone with an active arrest warrant not to attempt to leave Israel due to the risk of immediate arrest at customs.
• The rabbis restated a categorical religious prohibition on IDF, national, and civil service, characterizing the draft as a severe religious decree.
• Educators and spiritual leaders were assigned responsibility for keeping at‑risk students and young followers from traveling under these conditions.
• Rabbi Yaakov Jan in Uman urged support for the pilgrimage and cited cooperation from Ukrainian officials, as Israel allocated NIS 10 million to cover Moldova transit fees and Aryeh Deri worked on a framework to prevent airport arrests.