Torah As Profession
21/06/2011 13:03
Tags: yeshiva · torah · hiddush · Judaism
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One of the most contentious debates in Israel is over the State subsidies provided for the rapidly growing number of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students. In conjunction with the recent Knesset vote approving the national budget bill, Prime Minister Netanyahu acquiesced to his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners and included a budget line appropriating 1.2 billion shekels as State subsidy to the some 120,000 yeshiva students.