In his motzei shabbos drasha Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita addressed the impending gezeira that will compel avreichim to abandon beis medrash to serve in the IDF.
The gadol hador spoke of the lack of emunah among the leaders, “the kofrim” while “we baruch Hashem believe in HKBH”.
R’ Yosef stressed just how those learning torah full time are supporting the world. He spoke of those haters of Israel that surround us, like Iran, Hizbullah and the PA (Palestinian Authority) and the bnei yeshivos are protecting us against them all.
“Yes, the IDF protects the walls but when it comes to those evil entities wishing to destroy us, the terrorists, who protects us? Only the torah! HKBH protects his people in the merit of torah. אגוני מגנא. אצולי מצלא. HKBH will not abandon us and we will have his shield. HKBH will turn this gezeira from a curse to a bracha אהבך ה’ אלוקיך…
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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I heard from Rav Nachman Bulman zt”l that our Torah only protects the nation if we learn it like we are on the front lines, where every second counts and we are always on call and we make sure someone else is substituting for us when we need to take a break. One who learns like that protects the nation. Less than that is a mitzvah but it doesn’t protect anyone.
Chacham is so right,,,we need both the bnei Torah and IDF. Since one protects the walls and one protects the surrounding area..very PC.
Amen Ken yehi ratzon !
How can people who aren’t shomer Torah and Mitzvot, have nothing to do with the Jewish religion dictate who learns or not. they dont believe in the Torah Hakedusha ofcorce they see no point in in people learning Torah all day and have no emuna in HKBH ! Take these two vitale ingreadnts out of the equation their is no point in learning at all!!
If anything this decision must come from baalie emuna and the gedolim who understand the power of the Torah and have Bitahon in HKBH !
Wich the Gedolim have spoken ! The learning must continue ! And this is all the sitra
Achera trying to remove benei Torah !
Imagine what the reaction would have been had the person saying these things about the Zionist leaders was from Neturei Karta!! He’d be accused of being a self-hating Jew, wanting to bring down the medinah, that he should be kicked out of the medinah, etc. etc.
But not when it’s someone from “our” side of the fence so to speak!
#1 BTW tonight is the 15th yahrezeit of a gadol bam yisroel, Rav Bulman.
#1 Sorry my error, it is the 10th Yahrezeit of Rav Bulman.
To #3
The last time I checked, EY was a parlimentary democracy not a Theocracy. If these rabbonim want to make public policy, they should run for the Knesset. Likewise, the MKs should not stick to public policy and not be issuing psaks. Rav Yosef misses the pont. The yeshiva bochurim are not being told to abandon beis medrash. They are being told to spend a year or two defending the physical walls and then they have the rest of their lives to defend the spiritual life of the medinah.
Mr. Sephardi Pride – ‘the gedolim have spoken’ – yes they have spoken. They said the internet is assur.
You ignore your gedolim and and expect not yet religious yiddin to obey them???!!!
Mr qazxc yes the gedolim have spoken and they said NOT to ban the Internet but to get a a heter from a Rav and a filter !!!!!!!!
And yes they should listen to the Rabbis it is a Jewish state ! And most of the government officials are forget non observant but anti ! Whats Jewish about them !?!?