Reply To: Sharing the burden of Torah

Ujm- your points were the opposite of substantive. They were your opinions and assumptions being presented as facts.

And even if your baseless assumptions are correct, that every single person learning adds to the protection of Klal Yisroel and any one of them standing a post would actually harm our nation’s security, it doesn’t explain why non learning Charedim don’t serve.

As I explained before, the lack of soldiers aren’t necessarily harming our security, but they are putting an incredible burden on those serving. They are exhausted, they are weak, they are sacrificing parnassah, they are away from their families, and the Hesder talmidim are out of the Beis Medrash.

Will there be challenges for a non learning Charedi in the army? Of course! Will they come out the same Ehrlich Yid? That is certainly a realistic risk. But using those as reasons not to help our brothers bear the burden of defense is nothing less then selfishness. It’s also dangerous to leave the Beis Medrash to go Wall Street or Tel Aviv to work. But when your family needs parnassah, sometimes you have to put them first… Even ahead of your optimal ruchniyis situation. And now Klal Yisroel needs them. The burden is too much, the sacrifice is too hard… If all you’re doing is thinking about yourself and using that as excuse, then that’s selfishness… Even if it’s for ruchniyus reasons.