Reply To: Kollel Life in Eretz Yisroel is More Difficult and a Greater Sacrifice than Army

If it is legitimate to conscript people into the army to protect the State, even if the conscripted doesn’t wish to serve and even though the army already has more than enough enlistees and manpower to fully man the armed forces even without a single Chareidi serving, it is certainly far more appropriate and correct to conscript the entire populace into doing Beis Medrash Service, for Limud Torah provides Eretz Yisroel a much greater protection than army service.

So before the government drafts any Chareidim they will need to establish Beis Medrash conscription among the Chilonim. The Chiloim, too, need to share the burden of Torah service. It shouldn’t be left exclusively on Chareidim’s shoulders.