At a ceremony led by the leaders of the 'old settlement' in Jerusalem, the three young men arrested at the excavation site in Yehud were awarded 1,000 NIS for each day of imprisonment in the military prison.
In Tammuz 5785, during protests against the desecration of graves at a construction site in the city of Yehud, three young men from the 'old settlement' were arrested - and following their failure to report to the draft offices, they were turned over to the military police and imprisoned in the military prison for long periods of imprisonment.
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All three spent their days in prison in solitary confinement due to their refusal to wear military uniforms.
About two weeks ago, the last prisoner, Rabbi Elazar Tzadok Kaufman, who was imprisoned for 140 days, was released, while in recent months, Rabbi David Menachem Mintzberg, who was imprisoned for over 30 days, and Rabbi Aryeh Mordechai Rabinowitz, who was imprisoned for over 90 days, were also released.
Photo: Shlomi Trichter
Last Thursday - the 21st of Kassele, the day on which the salvation of Rabbi Yoelish zt"l of Satmar is commemorated - a ceremony was held to honor and strengthen the "brothers who stood at the forefront of the struggle with courage and heroism.".
The conference was held at the Shaarei Tuviah Beit Midrash - the beit midrash of the 'Edah' Rabbi Yitzhak Tuviah Weiss zt"l, led by the Gaon Rabbi Yehoshua David Turchin, president of the Pharisees' Congregation; the Rebbe of Meskhekhon HaRoim, the Reverend Rabbi Chaim Zvi Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Kehal Yatv Lev d'Satmar in Jerusalem; the Rebbe of Kretschnif Sighet; the Gaon Rabbi Netanel Peretz of Irzahn, Rosh Yeshiva Hochmat HaTorah; the Reverend Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Weiss, Av Beit Din of Shaarei Tuviah, alongside other rabbis, teachers, businessmen and members of the families of the avrechim.
At the center of the ceremony, the young men were awarded a financial grant as recognition and appreciation, with each day they spent in prison receiving 1,000 NIS, which was awarded "by governors and benefactors from all over the world, who wished to share in the great merit of the young men who were in prison.".
