Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch

Haredi leader orders mass protest cancelled

The protest planned to paralyze major roads was canceled following explicit instructions from haredi leader Rabbi Dov Lando.

Lithuanian haredi leader withdraws opposition to the Draft Law

Lithuanian haredi leader Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch has withdrawn his opposition to advancing the Draft Law, following a period in which he froze the move over concerns it would harm yeshiva students.

Haredi leaders warn against haredi IDF service tracks

Dozens of Lithuanian-haredi yeshiva deans join conference warning of spiritual danger in joining IDF; letter warns that 'one who goes there hands himself over to the control and authority of the military rulership.'

Rabbis Lando and Hirsch condemn riots in Bnei Brak

Two prominent haredi leaders condemned the riots today, writing that they were forbidden both as a danger and a sacrilege.

'No one will go to the army':

Recordings of haredi rabbis revealed

The haredi rabbis leading the conscription bill were heard in recordings estimating that there will be no genuine attempt to enlist the haredi community, while the suspended budgets would still be reinstated.

Battle over Draft Law reaches Brooklyn

A group of extremist haredi protesters in Brooklyn demonstrated against Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, who is visiting the Borough Park neighborhood, due to his position on Israel’s Draft Law.

Degel Hatorah spiritual leaders green-light advancing Draft Bill

Rabbi Dov Lando and Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch have authorized the Degel Hatorah party to continue advancing the Draft Bill in the committee stage.

Leading rabbi in France urges: Only Torah study in yeshivas

At central event in France, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch condemns French yeshivas' inclusion of secular studies in the curriculum.

Leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi grants green light to Draft Law

Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch grants approval in principle to advance legislation on Draft Law proposed by MK Boaz Bismuth.

Degel Hatorah debates Draft Law as coalition hangs in the balance

Sources estimate that Shas party will support Draft Law - but only if Lithuanian-haredi leadership does as well. 'All eyes are on Lithuanian leadership in Bnei Brak.'

Rabbis Warn:

Students who attend mixed-gender events have no place in Yeshiva

Senior rabbis, including Rabbi Dov Lando and Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, warn that any students attending mixed singing events have 'distanced themselves from yeshivas and Beit Yaakov seminaries.'

IDF investigating:

Who allowed haredi rabbis to visit jailed draft dodgers?

IDF faces backlash after allowing senior haredi rabbis to visit jailed draft dodgers, pledges tighter enforcement of prison visitation rules.

Haredi leader visits yeshiva students held in military prison

Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch visits yeshiva students in Military Prison, accompanied by leading Shas party rabbis.

Rubio envoy met secretly with haredi leaders in Bnei Brak

Degel Hatorah leaders Rabbi Dov Lando and Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch held secret meetings with a Trump Administration official hoping for US intervention in the issue of the haredi draft.

Haredi Yeshivot fear rising enlistment rates among their students

Haredi leadership believes that any students enlisting could mean a crack in the traditional stance against service in the IDF.

Amid security crisis:

Rabbinic leaders urge compliance and private prayer

Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch instructs all haredi institutions to suspend studies; Rabbi David Stav calls for private Shabbat prayers due to the national emergency. Both urge full adherence to Home Front Command directives to protect lives.

Rabbis decide:

Degel HaTorah members to vote in favor of dissolving the Knesset

Rabbi Dov Lando and Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch determine that representatives of Degel HaTorah will vote in favor of dissolving the Knesset on Wednesday.

Rabbi to haredi draft recipients:

'You can be defectors; it's a mitzvah'

Haredi leader, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, to draft recipients: 'You are upholding the Land of Israel. You can be defectors; it's a mitzvah'

Haredi leader:

'Cancel all planned trips'

Due to security situation, Rabbi Hirsch, leader of Haredi yeshiva world, instructs yeshiva students to cancel trips during their study break and learn Torah.

Draft Law crisis:

Slonimer Rebbe's son requests - Lithuanian-haredi rabbi says 'no'

Lithuanian-haredi leader Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch rejects proposal for mass protest against Draft Law, warning it would fan flames, potentially bring down government.

Leading rabbi speaks out in support of working haredim

Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch: Working haredim to be viewed, treated, as Torah-learners, new yeshivas should be founded for them.