Israel

Early in the morning Beit Shemesh Mayor Moshe Abutbul came to vote • Behadrey Haredim with video and photos from the field • updated

Opposition gathered again in the Negev Hall in the Knesset • Yishai: "As soon as the law will pass - percentage of recruitment will begin to go down"

Final data: Moshe Aboutbul defeated Eli Cohen with a margin of 758 votes • Voter turnout - 76.89% • What about parties?

Opposition gathered again in the Negev Hall in the Knesset • Yishai: "As soon as the law will pass - percentage of recruitment will begin to go down"

Religious Zionism fights back: "Haredi public is incited by the media" • Deputy Minister Eli Ben-Dahan: "statements which should not be said"

While Finance Minister Yair Lapid will transfer the conscription law in the Knesset – Hgr"m Gross will pray over the grave of his great grandfather

The Shevet levi changes his custom of decades; ordered to participate in elections in Beit Shemesh, and choose Aboutbul • Inside: the letter

"Not ashamed, brazen to hell, evil wicked sinner and the seed of Amalek. How can he say that?" • Inside full transcript; Watch video

Commander Amnon Itzkowitz met with haredi reporters and made clear: there will be no private cars in Meron on Lag Baomer • Video

In a letter sent this morning to the Prime Minister dozens of teenagers refuse to enlist on grounds of conscience• disclaim from draft due to solidarity with Haredi youth

Then and now: six hundred thousand of the children of Israel will gather on Purim to learn about the Netanyahu Bennett Lapid decrees • Gdo"y sent an enthusiastic letter

Economy Minister Naftali Bennett posts on his Facebook page a high-tech CEO who employs Orthodox • "employees are brilliant because of learning Gemara"

Thousands spent Shabbos in Meron on the occasion of the seventh of Adar • When Shabbos ended dances were held in the courtyard of the tomb. Watch the singing, dancing and chalaka

Rebbe of Karlin Stolin spent Shabbos in Beitar Illit. On Friday night at Tisch attacked the phenomenon of Whatsap groups • Chassidim began to break away

Rebbe of Vizhnitz addressed elections in Beit Shemesh at shalosh seudos: "All kollel avreichim must help and assist in battle"

Rabbi Yisrael Baruch Butman z"l Chabad emissary in Nahariya, suffered cardiac arrest from which he died on Friday night at age 55

Woman, 38, was found dead a little while ago • the woman who gave birth this week in the hospital and was to go home this morning, felt unwell, and this morning she died suddenly • resident of one of the central cities, the mother of six children • after she was not found in her room, medical staff began searches and found her dead in the toilet

Watch the video: Hall of Hebron Yeshiva in Givat Mordechai, the most prestigious in Jerusalem, emptied of its students, in favor of ' demonstration' and 'Utzo eitza' against management • yesterday graffiti was painted against management and notes were scattered • employee who tried to intervene, beaten and expelled • 8 students expelled • Background: cancellation of Purim Rav event • student: "It might go out of control"

Difficult situation in the Torah and non labor world, families reduced to penury • One kollel began distributing basic goods to yeshiva students

Drama in the early morning at the Wall: Police tried to turn away one of the oldest beggars at the plaza, and were met with strong resistance of worshipers • among others came to his aid some of the major worshipers • According to the worshipers, some policemen entered bareheaded and in contempt of the sanctity of the place • Exclusive Video

"Today the doctor told me that I needed 'prepare' the family. I thought to myself that Judaism has preparation. Preparation for commandment, preparing for Shabbos, preparation for anything, because when we prepare it’s a greater mitzvah and we manage to do more. Our entire stay in this world is preparation for eternal life"

Cleared for publication: terrorist who stabbed Orthodox resident of Bnei Brak earlier this week was caught, served time in Israeli prisons in the past

Initial release • Two weeks ago four yeshiva students returned from the Western Wall through Damascus Gate, where they were trapped by an Arab gang • minutes before the young Arabs hit them with an ax, one spoke up and saved his life • Last Shabbos the boys benched 'Hagomel' • full sequence of events

Voting was postponed until tomorrow due to a sharp dispute between Jewish Home and Yesh Atid • MK Eitan Kabel attacked: "Law polarizes and doesn't connect"

Firefighters discovered in East Talpiot gas about to flare, and risked lives of dozens of people • suspected nationalist event

Rebbes of Gur and Bayan stood on the Sukkah porch of Klaus during the prayer rally on Malchei Yisrael Street in Jerusalem

Behadrey Haredim in cooperation Walla! Transferred the voices in the General Assembly, six hundred thousand, accompanied by a professional panel • Watch Live replay

MK Yaakov Asher, wished warm and hearty Mazel Tov to Finance Minister Yair Lapid due to a dubious title he won. Watch the video

Even the Merkaz Harav yeshiva headed by Hgr"y Shapiro participated in the demonstration • Elishema Sandman's camera caught the knitted yarmulkes • view

Yeshiva student in front of a line of embarrassed soldiers •a march of contact levels • and hat that was a sign of protest • photographer Yosef Rosenbaum presents a fascinating gallery