Overview
- An inspector delivered the closure order to Ponevezh Yeshiva High School in Bnei Brak after a March 5 check found wartime rules were being flouted.
- The order took effect on delivery and remains until cancellation by the Education Ministry’s director general or by a court.
- Officials cited a Feb. 28 home‑front emergency with Home Front Command bans on gatherings and schooling, invoking Section 35(a) of the 2008 law and the Civil Defense Law of 1951.
- The yeshiva says it is being singled out compared with open malls and intends to challenge the decision in the Jerusalem District Court.
- Rabbis at additional yeshivas suspended organized study and directed students to continue learning at home or in protected spaces.