A British philanthropist, Moshe Shimon Cohen, will be funding trips to Israel for thousands of hareidim (ultra-Orthodox Jews). Entire yeshivot and their rabbinical staff will be brought to Israel for two-month stays, with room and board entirely at Mr. Cohen?s expense. The one ?payment? expected of participants in the project, called We Will Do and We Will Hear, is a prayer offered at the Kotel (the Western Wall) at least once a day.
Most of the yeshiva students will be staying at hotels in Jerusalem, the Eitz HaZayit and Neventhal, that have nearly shut their doors due to the current lack of tourism. There will be a smaller group staying in Tiberias, where their ?payment? will be daily prayers at the Tomb of Rabbi Meir ?Baal Haness?. The first group of 250 yeshiva bochurs have already arrived in the country.
Most of the yeshiva students will be staying at hotels in Jerusalem, the Eitz HaZayit and Neventhal, that have nearly shut their doors due to the current lack of tourism. There will be a smaller group staying in Tiberias, where their ?payment? will be daily prayers at the Tomb of Rabbi Meir ?Baal Haness?. The first group of 250 yeshiva bochurs have already arrived in the country.