Overview

• Senior rabbinic councils from Agudas Yisroel, Shas, and Degel HaTorah issued a kol koreh urging mass prayer rallies against renewed conscription of yeshiva students.
• The directive designates Thursday, the 18th of Elul, for simultaneous local gatherings in public squares across cities and towns rather than one central demonstration.
• Rabbinic leaders framed the draft push as a threat to the continuity of the Torah world and called for intensified Torah study and prayer during this period.
• Police approvals were reported for demonstrations in Jerusalem, Beitar, Safed, Haifa, and Kiryat Gat, with coordination underway for additional locations.
• Event logistics are being coordinated by Ezram U’Maginam under Rav Menachem Shapira, and a separate U.S.-based Vaad Hatzalah was announced to provide legal and welfare support for affected students and families.