ELECTION DAY TWIST: Why Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch Could Not Vote in Israel’s Elections Despite Urging Thousands to the Polls

ELECTION DAY TWIST: Why Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch Could Not Vote in Israel’s Elections Despite Urging Thousands to the Polls

As millions of Israelis headed to the polls on Tuesday to elect the 26th Knesset, one of the most prominent gedolei hador urging the chareidi public to vote was unable to cast a ballot himself. Maran Hagaon Harav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, rosh yeshiva of Slabodka, did not participate in Tuesday’s Knesset election for a simple reason: He is an American citizen and does not hold Israeli citizenship. Although Rav Moshe Hillel has lived in Eretz Yisroel …