"Gimels" is not muktzeh: The Haredi guide for a deserter in Prison 10

The organization "Am Kadosh" produced and smuggled into Military Prison 10 a calendar and a halachic guide geographically tailored to the prison, including a detailed behavioral briefing for Haredi deserters. The guide instructs how to interact with the command staff, circumvent orders, and maintain complete separatism, while defining the deserter as a "public emissary" and establishing strict kosher rules.

The organization "Am Kadosh," known for its activities on behalf of Haredi deserters, produced and smuggled into the walls of Military Prison 10 a calendar and a "halachic compendium" geographically tailored to the prison. Nearly one hundred Haredi young men and yeshiva students, arrested for desertion from service, are currently held in the prison. The guide is not limited to a prayer schedule but includes a detailed organizational behavioral briefing, instructing the deserters on how to interact with the command staff, circumvent orders, and maintain complete separatism during their stay in prison. The opening includes a letter explaining to the prisoner that he is not a criminal, but is in prison because he refused "to enter a place where one loses Torah and faith." The deserter is defined as a "public emissary" and is declared to be continuing the path of Rabbi Akiva and the Vilna Gaon. The compendium establishes strict behavioral rules regarding the prison staff, including kosher guidelines, permission to stand in roll calls on Shabbat, and instructions on how to move between units without activating electrical sensors. The document forbids including a soldier defined as a "public Shabbat desecrator" in a prayer quorum and requires the deserters to sanctify separately.