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Knesset passes in first reading bill to enshrine Torah study into Basic Law

by | Jul 1, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from the Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty study Torah outside the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem during a silent protest against the imprisonment of yeshiva students who failed to comply with military recruitment orders, July 1, 2026; Illustrative. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)
The wording in the proposal emphasizes Torah study as “a fundamental value in the heritage of the Jewish people and in the State of Israel.”