Rabbi Weissman: IDF Officer Punished for Saving Soldiers' Lives

 IDF officer removed after warning against danger to troops

The waking up process is slow and costly. I'm offering a chance to accelerate it.

From Ynet :

An IDF captain in the reserves, serving as deputy company commander, was recently removed from his unit after refusing to carry out a mission on the Morag Corridor in southern Gaza, in vehicles that did not have adequate protection. According to reports, the officer objected to performing a “route opening” of the route, a daily patrol in search of explosives or threats, using open Humvees and insisted that his troops be provided with armored vehicles.

The IDF confirmed the report but claimed the Morag Corridor was 'relatively secure' compared to other areas in Gaza where troops regularly travelled in unprotected vehicles, including Humvees. However, the mission of opening a route, typically conducted in the early morning hours, is considered more dangerous. It involves slow driving along the route’s edges, scanning for IEDs with the aid of trackers, engineering tools to clear the margins, drone support and other measures to detect whether terrorists approached overnight to set ambushes or plant roadside bombs...

Good thing they learned all those lessons from October 7, right?

So let me get this straight. Every night terrorists can roam around planting bombs on routes the IDF uses all the time, without detection, and in the morning Jewish cannon fodder are sent to slowly traverse the road looking for explosives, while hoping they don't get blown up. Back and forth, back and forth, rinse, wash, repeat.

Meanwhile, refusing to perform this daily Molech ritual or demanding better protection will result in imprisonment or other punishment. Because the roads are mostly safe and effective, so stop whining and just follow orders. It's a mitzvah! It's a national duty! It's keeping us all safe! Arrest the haredim!

If I didn't let the media, rabbis, and influencers who get paid by the government tell me what to think about everything, I would think people at the top are sending Jews, especially religious Jews, on pointless missions on purpose to get maimed and killed, while pretending to fight a war against an entity they are actively supporting. That would make me very uncomfortable and force me to rethink my entire life, so it's a good thing I can let other people think for me.

People are waking up, but very slowly, and the cost per small degree of waking up is overwhelming. The learning curve really needs to accelerate, or there won’t be much left to salvage, G–D forbid.

A reader shared:

“Found this (below) on an online forum for frum women. She obviously doesn't understand that it's intentional but her awareness is commendable nevertheless. Many posters agree with her.”

I am pro serving in the IDF and protecting our country

I don't agree with the chareidi outlook of letting others take the risk and not helping.

I do acknowledge that there are spiritual concerns but they need to be worked through and neither side is doing a good job of it.

But

What no one seems to want to discuss is that we have a huge problem with the government. The politicians (both the right, and the left) are using the soldiers as political pawns. They are risking soldier lives for Pali lives. Soldiers die because of bad decisions made up top and that is just unacceptable. I feel that it may even override the obligation to serve. My boys are not cannon fodder for them to salvage Israel's destroyed reputation with the world. I don't care more about what the UN says than I care about the soldiers. The aid, the Hitnatkut, the negotiating, the protecting "innocent" civilians, the supplying of fuel and resources, the release of thousands of terrorists, and and on and on and on. All the horrific decisions made by the government makes me feel that they lost their right to claim my child for their army. I don't owe them my boys life if they don't treasure it the way I do. Idealism is beautiful but only for EY and the jewish people. Not for a weak government who won't do what needs to be done to protect their people. I don't owe them that.

I'm conflicted. I believe in protecting the country and our people. I don't believe in dying for weak corrupt politicians.

Signed a non chareidi mom with teen boys almost at draft age.

My comments:

Not dying as cannon fodder might override the obligation to serve? Whoa! Does the Torah support THAT?!

Yes, it's a significant step in the right direction. It's a crack in the brainwashing that we should definitely view as an opportunity. But if it took decades of collaborating with and supporting our enemies, so much needless carnage, and upwards of 20,000 Jewish soldiers maimed and killed in less than two years for nothing just to raise this question, it underscores how deep the kefirah brainwashing still is. I bet they would still react to my articles with extreme hostility. We have our work cut out for us.

When will her anger for the people she acknowledges are getting her people killed for nothing approach her anger toward charedim for not being killed for nothing?

On that note:

Today's Torah class will be an hour earlier, at 3 PM Israel time, and will be packed with Torah sources that shed clear light on current events and how we need to change course to achieve true success. You won't get this from other Anglo rabbis, who wish to be popular and advance in their "careers", you certainly won't get it from rabbis who work for the government, and you most certainly won't get it from the kefirah media and "influencers" with large social media followings. This is straight Torah with no compromises, shtick, agenda, or conflict of interest.

I don't want your money, a job, an honor, or anything else from you. I just want you to hear what the Torah actually teaches and share it with others.

Among the many critical topics we will learn about this week:

• Taking charity from the nations of the world (particularly Christian "supporters of Israel").
  
• The compromises and rationalizations the Dati Leumi and their kefirah-ridden ilk make to support wicked people and partner with them (political movements, World Zionist Congress, etc.), and how these are actually deals with the devil. We will see a beautiful mashal from Rav Yisrael Salanter about this, cited by Rav Elchonon Wasserman.
  
• Strong mussar for the Dati Leumi community, whose spiritual and physical destruction is inevitable without a true return to Torah.
  
• Strong mussar for tough-talking Kahanists (nuke Gaza!), who have become kofrim in their own right, and are similarly doomed without a true return to Torah.
  
• Strong mussar from the Midrash for those who demand "We want Moshiach now!"
  
• Strong mussar from the Midrash for those who are solely concerned with Torah study (including many "haredim").
  

None of the above is a contradiction. Everyone needs to weed out the false ideas and reorient themselves to the true Torah perspective. Turn off the lies, distractions, and kefirah, and learn some real Torah.

Q and A follows every class. Jam packed with Torah sources clearly translated and explained, all in an hour or less.

The link to register for the live classes is https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tk4VttyYQ2efCPuZ63LouQ

There is so much from Rav Wasserman’s prophetic teachings to share. As far as I know, they are not available in English. There is only so much I can share in a weekly Torah class and occasional written translations, especially when there is so much else to teach as well.

I am willing to start an additional Zoom class several times a week, for a half hour or so each class, to read, translate, and discuss Rav Wasserman’s most essential writings about Zionism, the State of Israel, the Erev Rav, the footsteps of Moshiach, navigating the challenges we face, etc.

Despite being extremely busy, I am willing to make the time to do this — for a price. You have to make it worth my while.

The price is a commitment from at least ten Jews, ideally Jews in Eretz Yisrael, to watch the classes and share them with others, especially Jews outside their echo chamber who need these lessons the most.

If you are ready to this, email me directly at weissmans@protonmail.com. I need real people with real names who are serious. If the interest is sufficient, I will get it rolling. If not, we can keep doing more of the same and hope for different results.

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