Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri today (Thursday) attacked the arrests and persecution of Torah scholars, and responded to his critics about his visit to the deserters imprisoned in Military Prison 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\""The arrests of Torah students are a great disgrace to the people of Israel. There were those who attacked me: How dare I go visit the 'deserters'? May God have mercy on them! Dirt on their lips. Are Torah students who sacrifice their lives for Torah study 'deserters'? All because of the wicked Advocate General and the 'superior' High Court judges who persecute the world of Torah.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He attacks the MKs from the Likud and Religious Zionists who incite and persecute Torah students: "I am amazed at those who wear a kippah on their heads, who are the leaders of the sanctions and persecution against the world of Torah, may God have mercy on them! It is impossible to understand this. There is no explanation for this. How can they not understand what Torah students are? I am not surprised at the secularists, they do not know what Torah is.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the importance of the Basic Law on Torah Study, he said: "The Basic Law on Torah Study that we passed yesterday says that Torah students make a significant contribution to the people of Israel. Isn't that a simple thing? Isn't that an understandable thing? We never dreamed that we would have to legislate this, it's like enacting a law on circumcision. It's such a simple thing. What is our entire existence in this country if not by virtue of the Torah? What sustained the people of Israel? Every child understands that.".<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri today (Thursday) attacked the arrests and persecution of Torah students, and responded to his critics about his visit to the deserters imprisoned in Military Prison 10. "The arrests of Torah students are a great disgrace to the people of Israel. There were those who attacked me: How dare I go visit the 'deserters'? May God have mercy on them! Dirt on their lips. Torah students, who sacrifice their lives for the study of Torah [\u2026]","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":1056704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[864,25603,2500],"class_list":["post-1078242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1","tag-864","tag-25603","tag-2500"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n