Opposition from the yeshiva heads or a brilliant exercise? You decide: This morning (Tuesday), the heads of the Grodna Yeshiva in Be'er Ya'akov announced to the youth that the yeshiva will not be moved to Tel Aviv.
As first published inHaredim10, The owners of the buildings in which the yeshiva is located, the Raful family from Be'er Yaakov, demanded that the yeshiva vacate the premises immediately - and the yeshiva remained without a roof until several days before the opening of summer time. However, 48 hours before the opening of 'summer time', the yeshiva was informed that a building had been found in Tel Aviv that would house the yeshiva.
Upon receiving the news of the move to Tel Aviv, some of the spiritual staff and many of the young men expressed their bewilderment at the move - both because of the break-ins in Tel Aviv, when the intended building is adjacent to a mixed secular college, and because of claims that the building was unsuitable for the needs of the yeshiva.
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Today, as mentioned, it became clear that the program is being canceled and Rabbi Kahneman, the head of the yeshiva, finally announced that he is canceling the move to Tel Aviv due to allegations of incompatibility.
However, an investigation by Haredim10 reveals that no contract was signed between the Gra Kahaneman and Rabbi David Peretz - the owners of the Tel Aviv campus, and that only negotiations were conducted between the parties, which did not progress to an actual signing. Such a signing would not have taken place without explicit and clear consent from all the heads of the yeshiva and the supervisors, and not before the rabbis had to tour the area.
According to some of the sources we spoke to, the announcement about the final signing of an agreement to move to Tel Aviv was only intended to get the owners of the Be'er Ya'akov campus to allow the opening of summer time "until preparations are made for the move.".
""The yeshiva was in distress, two days before the opening of the term, and Rapool did not agree in any way to allow the yeshiva to enter its building, because they had rejected it for several years with various claims. Therefore, in order to prove their seriousness, they decided to advertise the signing of a contract with a campus in Tel Aviv. In reality, the contract was not signed, and the yeshiva leaders are using the window of time they have until the start of Elul to improvise a campus that will be suitable for the yeshiva students," says one of the yeshiva students in a conversation with Haredim10.
On the other hand, those around Rabbi Kahneman say that while it is true that a contract was not signed with the Tel Aviv campus, there was an agreement in principle with the owner - which was canceled due to the claims against the move to Tel Aviv.
Last week, the yeshiva negotiated buildings for rent, including permits in Be'er Tuvia, Beitar, Kfar Avraham and Modi'in Illit.
When will the yeshiva actually move from Be'er Yaakov? We will continue to monitor.
