04 March 2014
Is There a Message Here For Haredim ... In Israel?
Ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities received draft notices to report to the Ukrainian army draft center, according to a report in Maariv.
Yeshiva students from multiple yeshivas in Kiev, including Chabad students, were told to report to the draft center, in response to the increasing tensions with Russia. Unlike in the IDF, Jewish soldiers in the Ukrainian army cannot get kosher food, cannot have beards, and must work on Shabbat – which is they day they clean the base.
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Eliezer Meir Saidel: A Smell of Gan Eden – Chayei Sarah
A Smell of Gan Eden – Chayei Sarah וְיִתֶּן לִי אֶת מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר לוֹ אֲשֶׁר בִּקְצֵה שָׂדֵהוּ בְּכֶסֶף מָלֵא י...
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And perhaps, the message is for Lapid and co. who want to draft the Torah learners into the army that there are now Jews who are being drafted into the Ukrainian army because of the terrible way he handled the Israeli draft situation.
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