It appears that a compromise is being reached in the dispute involving chareidi parties and other lawmakers involving the drafting of females into the IDF.
The compromise solution was presented by Cabinet Secretary Tzvika Hauser, who stated that rabbonim will sit on the decision committee along with military officials. If and when the draft officials feel a female declaration of shmiras shabbos is questionable, the committee will investigate but the rabbonim will make the decision.
If approved by Knesset, the compromise will bring an end to what could have been a major coalition crisis.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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May the Rabbonim protect every female from the IDF.
This is the only picture you have?, you have used this picture so many times for so many diffrent news stories.
RABBONIM?–WHICH RABBONIM? YOU MEAN LIKE SHLOMO GOREN?
AND, SO WHAT IF THEY AREN’T RELIGIOUS. WHY DOES THE ARMY TAKE GIRLS? ARE THEY RUNNING A HOUSE OF ILL-FAME?
NOTE: AT ANY GIVEN TIME, 10-20% OF ALL U.S. NAVY SHIPS ARE NON-OPERATIONAL–GUESS WHY!
It is unseemly that those who are most hawkishly advocating policies that will send the IDF to war are themselves both the least willing to serve . . . and the most vocal in their disrespect of those with opposing political who do serve.
This is particular appropos as we sit today almost mid-way betwen Parshas Vayishlach and Chanukah . . . our mesorah tells us that in addition davening amd in addition to working for peace, to be warriors when the need is there, . Nebuch, too many of us lost that mesorah in the shtetle and in the ghetto.
The hilonim have in mind getting their hands on many “traditional” (usually Sefardi) girls who are fairly religious but hardly Hareidi. The hilonim would like to see the exemption limited to girls who went to Hareidi school and would probably be useless for the military.
With any sort of “rabbi” on the panel, they probably will be able to get only a girl who has a totally secular life style, but such girls are usually anxious to be in the army (to be with the boys, which is important in hiloni culture).
yonasanw, who said the warriors need to be chareidi. The warriors in the times of moshe and yehoshua were complete tzaddikim, so its not the same
#3 His name is RAV Goren A’H
what a load of piffle has been written here! this is a fairly sane compromise negotiated between the AGUDAH (read chareidi) and the army, for the purpose of KNOWING who might be exempt.. why should we question the good will of both sides to coem to an acceptable compromise? It seems that just about naything done by members of the knesset- frum ones to boot- is being questioned! lamentable!
It seems the Pied Pipers of Israel are leading their fellows to a worse fate than a jump into the water.
From the way it is described, there are so many potential problems with this compromise that it’s difficult to know where to even begin.
This is dinei nifashos, literally (x2).
For starters:
As another commenter mentioned (i.e. traditional sefardi girsl) what about the many innocent neshamos who will, due to lack of specific religious upbringing, be forever corrupted by this experience?
Who are the rabbis who will be deciding these things? Is there an appeals process where a family’s Rabbi can discuss the matter with this rabbinical panel?
What happens when someone changes the law to disband or alter the power that these rabbinical panels have? That’s clearly the next step in the process. Laws are not forever, and one more geder taken down is one fewer geder that’s able to prevent a major issue.
Hashem Yishmor!