Do soldiers in the field fast during the Esther fast? How will gifts be given to heroes in enemy territory? And what about hearing the reading of the scroll through a walkie-talkie? IDF forces in the Gaza Strip/IDF spokesman: The halachic branch of the military rabbinate is headed by Lt. Col.
Rabbi Udi Schwartz and the chief rabbi of the IDF, Brigadier General Rabbi Eil Karim. "The rabbis of the branch of halacha give a clear and immediate answer to every question or request," he says.