Dozens of Chabad avreichim will be entering the IDF and Israel police in the coming months in a special program coordinated between the agencies and Chabad, connected to the Shachar program. This program is tailored to chareidi inductees, accommodating their lifestyle while permitting them to serve.
The agreement is in line with permitting the Chabadnikim to spend a year in 770 learning ahead of induction into the IDF, another example of the IDF and now Israel Police seeking to accommodate the lifestyle of the chareidi community.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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How will they deal when the army/police give them orders to violate halacha (though admittedly, since they don’t have a living rebbe, the danger of conflict is less)
This is bound to have a profound positive affect on the Israeli society. Perhaps other groups will follow in Chabad’s footsteps.
Kol HaKavod to each of them for stepping up to the plate.
Miriam
Negev
#1, what’s the question? Of course they will disobey such orders. If there’s one thing Lubavitch knows about, it’s mesirus nefesh. They defied the NKVD; if necessary, defying the Israeli government should be a doddle.
Again Chabad takes the lead as they do with kiruv around the world. They also bring yeshivas and learning to isolated locations. They will be mekarev the police and IDF