IDF soldiers stationed in Gaza discovered that the esrogim they received in their army-issued Sukkos kits were posul, according to a report by Doron Kadosh on Galei Tzahal.
The IDF confirmed that some of the esrogim distributed to soldiers were indeed Posul, explaining that the issue stemmed from a “technical problem” in storage conditions handled by an outside contractor.
In response, the IDF Rabbinate immediately began replacing the invalid esrogim across all units to ensure that every soldier would be able to properly fulfill the mitzvah of the Daled Minim during Sukkos.
An IDF spokesperson said in a statement:
“All the esrogim supplied to IDF units were carefully inspected by members of the IDF Rabbinate and found to be kosher. After inspection, they were stored by an external supplier until distribution. Apparently, a technical issue in the storage conditions caused damage to some of the esrogim provided to the units.
The IDF Rabbinate acted quickly throughout the day to replace the damaged esrogim with kosher ones, ensuring that all IDF soldiers can observe the mitzvah of the Arba Minim properly.”
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Very Misleading Headline. It was an accident that they immediately corrected as soon as found.
The appropriate headline should be what Matzav used:
“IDF Soldiers in Gaza Find Invalid Esrogim in Army Sukkos Kits; Military Replaces Them”
@Long Island Yid – you are 100% correct. But it’s so much more fun to badmouth the “evil Tziyoini army, whose sole purpose is to make people not Frum” – isn’t it?
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Long Island Yid is correct. In addition to the actual story being about the replacement of esrogim found to be posul, there is another headline appropriate for some readers here: “Alleged Shmad Kofer Army distributes Daled Minim to soldiers”.
Lol like most ywn jumping the gun but it still made me laugh. Oyyyy veyyy the idf doesn’t know hilchos arba minim that is a shock
Wow how lucky are we to live in a time and place where the army provides its soldiers with arba minim sets. Is there another army in the world that goes to such lengths for the well being of their soldiers? Most of the readers of this website had grandparents who had to share one set for the entire shtetl. Ashreichem Yisrael!
Perhaps the IDF Mizrahi rabbinate is not as “mehudar” as in all halacha aspects and the Chareidi have a legitimate gripe.
the headline is pure clickbait and verging on lashon hara. “damaged” better reflects what actually happened, and doesn’t make it sound like the idf deliberately undermined the mitzvah.
the headline should read: “at least 4 etrogim arrived damaged – idf notified and will replace them.”