In a dramatic display, a group of bochurim from Yeshivas Zvhil in Yerushalayim staged a provocative mock funeral inside the yeshiva beis medrash, protesting the recent closure of the yeshiva and their expulsion.
Approximately 60 talmidim were dismissed from the yeshiva as part of a move by the hanhalah to close and reopen the yeshiva under new terms. The yeshiva’s management says it will soon relaunch in a revised format.
In response, the dismissed bochurim created a startling display: Benches were rearranged in the beis medrash to resemble a mitah, atop which lay a figure draped in a tallis, complete with ashes and a sack, as though mourning a deceased. A sign placed over the “body” read: “Yeshivas Zvhil, Hashem yikom damah.”
Photos from the scene show one talmid standing beside the makeshift mitah dressed in mourning garb, while a handwritten obituary notice about the yeshiva is visible in the background.
This type of restructuring—temporarily closing a yeshiva and reopening it under stricter rules—is not uncommon in the Chassidishe yeshiva world, particularly in response to discipline or policy concerns. New enrollment typically requires talmidim to sign a more stringent code of conduct.
{Matzav.com Israel}
How ironic, and in such excellent taste, when there have been so many real funerals for a different sort of yeshiva student in the last two years.
Please tell me this didn’t happen during or immediately after the attack on Iran.
in case you are wondering if the yeshiva had a good reason to want these people gone, this makes it quite clear that these kids are insane and they cannot stay