Prominent ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky spoke out harshly against Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman earlier this week for his plan to cut childcare subsidies in a way that would primarily affect Haredi fathers who opt for full-time yeshiva over integrating into the workforce.
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According to sources, Kanievsky said Lieberman "deserves no forgiveness" for "harming children."
Nevertheless, he assuaged the ultra-Orthodox community by promising them the new law would not harm the study of the Torah.
"The Torah is eternal, and no decree will cause its study to stop. There have been decrees in years prior, and the people of Israel withstood them and continued to study Torah."
