Following the Hamas massacre on October 7, hundreds of ZAKA first responders entered southern Israel to collect the dead bodies and ensure their proper burial.
Amid the 45-day conflict with Hamas, Welfare and Social Affairs Minister Ya'acov Margi (Shas), discussed the urgent need for national unity in a candid interview.
Dozens of Haredi students from the college have also joined the IDF in recent days.
Extremist ultra-Orthodox men have spray-painted photos of women in the past.
The Finance Ministry claimed that the funds it was seeking had already been approved before the war but hadn't been transferred yet.
MK Aryeh Deri's son is one of roughly 3,000 ultra-Orthodox Israelis who have enlisted in the IDF since the onset of Operation Swords of Iron.
Something has changed in haredi society since October 7.
For many ultra-Orthodox Israelis, this is a time for unity.
Whether this is a full-fledged "religious war" or just the most recent permutation of religious-secular battles that have continued unabated since the state's founding is a matter for debate.
The tradition of conducting a mass event for the blessing has been a highlight of the week-long Sukkot and Passover holidays.
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