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Rabbi Moshe Maya Calls for Ultra-Orthodox Unity and Voting
In an unprecedented address at an educational conference in Jerusalem, Rabbi Moshe Maya, a senior member of Shas's Council of Torah Sages, urged all eligible voters—including members of anti-Zionist factions like the Jerusalem Faction and Edah HaChareidis—to cast their ballots in elections. Rabbi Maya framed voting not as political partnership, but as a mandatory religious protest against the arrest of yeshiva students and the desecration of Torah scholars. He warned that abstaining from voting effectively splits one's voice among anti-Torah parties.