The controversy surrounding the new draft law for chareidim is at the epicenter of the political storm, highlighting the different lifestyles between bnei torah and other communities in Eretz Yisrael.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has shifted his position in favor of the chareidim, now exhibiting a genuine effort to accommodate the chareidi position with the awareness there must be a change – and the situation which existed prior to the High Court declaring Tal Law illegal will not return in the future. That said, the prime minister opposes personal sanctions, fines and criminal charges against avreichim who do not comply with the new law. This is in total contradiction with the recommendations of the Plesner Committee.
Towards achieving an acceptable formula that will meet with the approval of gedolei hador and coalition partners, the prime minister is seeking to establish a system that will improve monitoring of avreichim attending kollel. The new concept would involve installing biometric readers in kollelim to monitor the tens of thousands of avreichim who have declared torah study their fulltime profession, seeking to be certain they report to the beis medrash daily.
Avreichim would have to pass the biometric reader and swipe their finger upon entering and leaving the kollel, leaving an electronic trail for state officials. Anyone apprehended trying to dupe the system will be viewed as committing a crime under the state’s penal code.
Likud officials favoring the system feel this will expose those who are not learning as they should and these individuals will have to be held accountable.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Why are there MKs who have a 60 or 65 percent attendance record while 99% of Avreichim have a 99+% attendance record?
Sounds a very reasonable idea that no one interested in the truth can object to. There will be no need for checks in the yeshivas and kollelim disrupting learning. Of course there will be no more telephone chains calling the bnei Toirah to report to the Beis Hamedrash because the inspectors are coming. Everyone will have to turn up every day. Hmm maybe not such a good idea after all.
Coolit will be a good reminder to everyone that YOU are being watced-by Hashem 24-7 & you are only fooling yourself if you think you can fool Hashem & he doesn’t see something your doing
When Jews in Germany failed to separate from the Goyim then came the Nurenberg Laws, and the law of the land made us separate by force. When we now fail to learn properly the law comes to help..
A monitoring system should be welcomed.
A few months ago the doctors in Israel struck for better pay and working conditions. One of the major complaints they had was over the idea that they would be required to punch in and out like factory workers. They said it took away from their professional dignity. So what about the dignity of Torah? What will be the next request; that they will be required to wear radio alarms like criminals?
Maybe some good will come out of this whole thing after all!
It would be interesting to see them try that at the fully funded universities.
Why not just institute bechinos that would be reviewed by the rabbanut?
if you don’t pass
either a)you aren’t really learning and you should be kicked out
OR
b) you don’t deserve to be in an elite institution and your skills would be better used doing some sort of trade
Not everyone is fit to learn all day – and if you aren’t getting anywhere you time would be better used doing something else
R’ Aryeh. Possibly the most Chashuva Kollel for Israeli Rabbanim and Poskim is Rav Mordechai Eliyahu ZTZ”Ls Kollel in Givat Shaul. In that kollel each “Dignified” avreich must punch in and out at the fingerprint scanner by the door. So ….