The Israeli military will begin sending initial conscription orders on Sunday to ultra-Orthodox men after a landmark Supreme Court decision ordered an end to the insular community’s long-running exemption from military service, setting up a potential clash with the Israeli government.

Roughly 1,000 ultra-Orthodox men between the ages of 18 and 26 will receive the orders as part of the first tranche of draftees, Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, said, as part of an attempt to gradually ramp up conscription while avoiding a head-on confrontation with the community.