JERUSALEM (VINnews)  — Despite the  cancellation by the Home Front of all educational activities in Israel, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, the Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka, has instructed Talmudei Torah and chadarim that classes may be held in locations that have protected spaces (bomb shelters or reinforced safe rooms).

The directive, published on Monday morning, was issued after considering both the spiritual and physical implications of the missile threat and the danger involved in interrupting the Torah study of young children, whose pure speech, according to Jewish tradition, helps sustain the world.

According to the rabbi’s ruling, any Talmud Torah that has compliant protected spaces may continue operating without changes. In light of this instruction, parents are advised to check with their sons’ Talmud Torah to see whether it has decided to open and continue classes despite the directives of the Home Front Command and the Ministry of Education.

A similar ruling was issued by Rabbi Dov Landau during the “Rising Lion” war in June 2025.