JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Right-wing Israeli news anchor Yinon Magal decided to buck the trend of anti-charedi sentiment which had been fueled in recent weeks by the High Court’s threats to cut off funding to yeshiva students who are eligible for the draft.
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Magal, a secular person who does not wear a kippa, said that the sum of money for a yeshiva student comes to 395 NIS ($110 per month) and for a married avreich- 650 NIS ($190 per month). Altogether there are some 40000 yeshiva students and some 25000 married students.
אם יפסק המימון ללומדי התורה, אני לוקח על עצמי לממן בחור ישיבה (395 ש”ח לחודש) ואברך (650 ש”ח לחודש).
אני מאמין שרבים יצטרפו אלי.
המימון יהיה רק למי שלומד!
לא יפילו אותנו.
לא יפילו את עולם התורה! pic.twitter.com/HqmrVSKKJc— ינון מגל (@YinonMagal) March 30, 2024
He added that if the state funding stops, he himself will fund a yeshiva student and will initiate a campaign to fund all of the yeshiva students and avreichim. ” I believe that many will join me,” Magal concluded.
He stressed that “We will only fund those that are learning,[not those registered to avoid the draft] but they won’t let us destroy the world of Torah. Whoever is not learning should enlist but whoever is learning must be supported.”
Big zechus.Hiw can we join?
Kol HaKovod!
Impressive! He has a real good point. he should be Matzliach!
Mi yodea im leais kazos heegaat lamalchus
This figure of $110 is per year or month ?
Rebbe Yinon Magal
Beautiful – if they can pull it off great. Leave the rest of society out of it. Don’t force others to pay for those that don’t want to serve.
I even think they should get a tax break on the money they feed the yeshivah boys.