The Mask Is Off: Israel’s Supreme Court Declares War on Torah Itself

A billion shekels frozen with the stroke of a pen — proving once again why the Olam HaTorah will never place its future in the hands of the State of Israel

The illusion has finally collapsed.

On Wednesday evening, Israel’s Supreme Court accepted a petition filed by the Yesh Atid party and issued an interim order freezing the transfer of nearly one billion shekels to Charedi educational institutions — funds that had passed legally, through proper government channels, and with all required approvals.

With this single act, the Court confirmed what the Torah world has known for years:

There is no agreement with the secular state that cannot be undone overnight.
There is no compromise that the Court will not later destroy.
There is no “framework,” no “understanding,” no “deal” that survives judicial hostility to Torah.

Justice Yael Wilner’s order did not follow normal procedure. Responses were demanded within hours. Budgets passed lawfully were frozen within half a day. Livelihoods were endangered instantly. Tens of thousands of children were placed at risk — not because of corruption, illegality, or mismanagement — but because Torah education itself is now considered a target.

This is not governance.
This is ideological warfare.

“This Is a Declaration of War”

Degel HaTorah chairman Moshe Gafni stated the obvious:

“The Court has declared war on the Charedi public and on Torah institutions. Budgets that passed legally were struck down with a stroke of the sword. This is not democracy. Judges are ruling according to their worldview, not the law.”

Gafni is right — but this goes even deeper.

This ruling exposes why no Torah Jew can ever agree to place himself under a system whose final authority rests with a court that openly views Torah as an obstacle.

Why would anyone trust an army, a civil service framework, or a so-called “Charedi track,” when the very same Court can later declare it invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional?

Why would anyone submit their soul, their children, or their future to institutions whose rules are rewritten at will by judges hostile to Torah values?

Shas: “This Is Antisemitic Harassment”

Shas did not mince words:

“The Supreme Court is running wild — trampling the Charedi public, stealing bread from children, and harming Torah study. This is antisemitic harassment.”

That word may make some uncomfortable — but history teaches us to recognize patterns early.

When a ruling class targets religious education, strips funding from Torah institutions, and celebrates the economic punishment of children because of their parents’ beliefs — that is not neutral law. That is persecution.

Porush: “They Are at War with the Sacred”

MK Meir Porush cut through the fog:

“The judicial system is not concerned with security. It is at war with everything sacred. No legal process will stop us from transmitting the mesorah from generation to generation.”

This sentence should be read carefully.

Because it explains why Charedim will not bend, no matter how much pressure is applied.

We are not defending a budget line.
We are defending 3,000 years of uninterrupted Torah transmission.

Budgets come and go.
States rise and fall.
Courts change ideology every generation.

The Torah does not.

Judicial Tyranny in Broad Daylight

Likud MK Chanoch Milwidsky warned:

“The Court is grabbing more power for itself. This will not stop until we rise up against this judicial tyranny.”

He is right — but the Torah world has already risen.

Not with riots.
Not with violence.
But with refusal.

Refusal to entrust our future to a system that can turn hostile overnight.
Refusal to submit our children to institutions governed by those who despise Torah.
Refusal to pretend that coexistence exists where only domination is sought.

Lapid Celebrates — and Tells the Truth by Accident

Yair Lapid openly celebrated the freeze, boasting that the funds were “transferred illegally” — despite having passed through all legal procedures.

This celebration reveals the truth:

This was never about legality.
It was never about procedure.
It was always about breaking the Torah world financially, culturally, and spiritually.

Why This Ends the Conversation About the IDF

This ruling answers, once and for all, the question of “Why don’t Charedim join?”

Because even if agreements are reached,
even if “Charedi frameworks” are promised,
even if Rabbanim are consulted —

the Supreme Court can revoke it all tomorrow.

There is no stability.
There is no trust.
There is no future built on quicksand.

And when pikuach nefesh, kedushah, and Torah are on the line —
we do not gamble.

We Will Not Bend

There is no future between a secular judicial state that views Torah as a nuisance
and a people whose entire existence is built on Torah.

We are holding up 3,000 years of history — not a coalition agreement.
We answer to Gedolei Yisrael, not to judges who rewrite morality.
We live by Torah sovereignty, not judicial fiat.

They may freeze budgets.
They may threaten livelihoods.
They may celebrate in tweets.

But they will not break the mesorah.

And that is why — now more than ever —
the Olam HaTorah will stand firm, unbending, and unafraid.