Peri Cmte.: 1,800 exemptions for Torah prodigies authorized

The Peri Committee, which congregated to vote on the outline for the law governing haredi conscription into the IDF Sunday, unanimously authorized one of the law's articles which stipulates that for each year, 1,800 exemptions from IDF service will be given to yeshiva students diligent and persistent in their Torah studies, dubbed by the committee as "Torah prodigies." (Moran Azulay)