Overview

• Rallies are scheduled for Thursday, Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul, as simultaneous tefillah gatherings in cities and towns rather than one central assembly.
• The move responds to intensified conscription efforts and recent arrests of yeshiva students, described by leaders as threatening full-time Torah study.
• Harav Dov Landau and Harav Moshe Hillel Hirsch issued the joint call following a leaders’ meeting in Ma’ale HaChamisha that set the day of tefillah.
• Instructions include canceling regular work unless compelled by employers, a half-day fast for those age 15 and up who are able, and tzedakah as an alternative for those who cannot fast.
• The Badatz of the Eidah HaChareidis released a parallel call, and organizers urged diaspora communities to participate through fasting, prayer, and charity.