Shas Rabbis in Harsh Letter Against High Court: "A Campaign of Forcible Conversion"
Ahead of the High Court hearing on petitions against the law freezing arrests of yeshiva students, members of the Shas Council of Torah Sages issued a sharp statement to the Supreme Court justices. In the…
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Shas's Council of Torah Sages challenged the Supreme Court's authority to rule on the draft exemption for yeshiva students, framing it as a coercion campaign. The letter, sent ahead of a hearing on a law freezing arrests, asserts that drafting them violates halakha and harms security. This escalates the religious-judicial conflict, with the court facing a direct refusal of its jurisdiction.