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הערכה

A bereaved father's request to add three words to a proposed Basic Law on Torah study has been refused, exposing a deeper divide between the religious Zionist and ultra-Orthodox publics. The refusal suggests that the legislative initiative represents only the visible tip of a much larger ideological rift. The coming debate will likely center on whether the law's purpose is purely academic study or must lead to practical action.