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The agreement is expected to allow the bill to advance in the Knesset's House Committee ahead of its final second and third ...

Critics say the bill could preserve state benefits for yeshiva students who avoid military service amid the IDF’s manpower shortage.

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The plenum passed one of the flagship laws of the haredi parties, as part of understandings reached with Netanyahu ahead of ...

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Along with their work in the Temple, the Torah designated the tribe of Levi, including the Kohanim (priests), to engage in Torah study, education, practical halakhic teaching, and individual guidance.