Reply To: Regarding the Draft

Kasher, show me where I have belittled gedolim and I will gladly apologize. If not, you’re merely trying to smear. Seeing as this is an online anonymous forum, you have no idea where I’ve been, and I likewise don’t know what you’ve done, or if you’re telling the truth, so I cannot take your personal anecdotes as fact.

I had not read about this general, but I do know a lot about chashuv dati leumi rebbeim like rav aharon lichtenstei and rav dov lior who certainly do support hesder learning, and are established talmidei chachomim. Very serious dati leumi rabbanim and leaders have served in the army, remained frum, and are upstanding jews. why can’t chareidim follow in that example?

DY: I believe that this applies only when it’s not a shas hadechak. And I would venture to guess that if you told this secular people, they would feel frustrated that chareidim don’t serve simply because there are others to pick up the work. that’s not a halachic point, but think about how it would sound to them. “I can’t do this because YOU can, so go do it.”