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An internal meeting of dati leumi educators has determined that around 30 % of their youth go OTD because of IDF enlistment , and they resolved that price is a worthwhile one , since it is being paid for the defense of the State.
It is clear that service of yeshiva boys in the IDF has a dramatic effect on their yiddishkeit. To argue otherwise is simply unrealistic.
There are many elements within the government and the IDF who would love to ‘reform’ and ‘reeducate’ the haredim.
Forced Service for haredi youth in the IDF is an ideal tool for them.
This might be a case of metu echav machmat milah where one is exempt from a mitsvah because of tragic precedents.
This is not a blanket exemption, however.
There are cases where this heter would not apply .
How to manage such a delicate situation while we are in galut between our misguided and sometimes hatefilled brothers , is a an unenviable task better left to ziknei gdolei torah veyirah.
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