The attacks on preparations: Rabbi Rafi Peretz said to block the ticking

Dozens of pre-military preparations currently operate in Israel, including quite a few preparations for the religious public. In recent years, preparers, together with their graduates, have repeatedly found themselves in the media line of fire and under attack from the political system. What's that mean?

Torch: "Guess Elrez Peretz was ashamed of Rabbi Rafi" (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Yair Lapid in the Walla studio! NEWS, February 18, 2020 (Photo: Reuben Castro)

Dozens of pre-military preparations currently operate in Israel, including quite a few preparations for the religious public. In recent years, preparers, together with their graduates, have repeatedly found themselves in the media line of fire and under attack from the political system. The last of the attacks occurred only in recent days, when Knesset Member Yair Lapid chose to attack his opponent, Rabbi Rafi Peretz, who was a rabbi of the pre-military army.

Lapid used harsh words, saying: "Guess that Elrez Peretz was ashamed of Rabbi Rafi Peretz, who sinned everything he believed in and connected with the Kahanists." As mentioned, Eliraz Peretz, a graduate of Bone Preparation and a student of Rabbi Peretz, was killed in clashes with soldiers at the Gaza Strip border. Eliraz's brother, Uriel, was also killed during his army service.

Repeated attacks

This is not the first attack on bone preparation. A few days before the public came out to vote in the second round of elections last year, a news reporter published 13 articles containing excerpts from Rabbi Asaf Naumburg's lecture from the rabbinical rabbi, headed by Rabbi Rafi Peretz. From the quotes quoted in the article, Rabbi Naumburg was presented as one who opposes military service and calls secular "wicked". An investigation into the article presented a very different picture. Rabbi Naumburg said the words as a thought exercise and really did not intend to oppose recruiting or calling the secular public names. The reporter who prepared the article and presented the edited lesson was taken on vacation and News 13 apologized to Rabbi Naumburg and the preparer.

The choice to attack Rabbi Rafi Peretz precisely by using his student from the preparatory or rabbinic court is not the first attack on such military preparations. The cousin of my husband's cousin, who was the first pre-military preparer in the country, also found herself under many attacks. The rabbis are headed by Rabbi Eli Sadan and Yigal Levinstein. The latter's stinging statements stirred up anger as he called the LGBT community "deviant" and said that service to girls in the military could make them "non-Jewish" in the end. The preparations for the preparations were harsh and among the threats made by the defense was also the threat of the then defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who wanted to cancel the government budget for the preparations due to the statements.

Graduates of Cousins ​​Husbands, bone and other preparations are soldiers in the military system, but it is not always the spirit they brought with them from the welcoming reception in the IDF. For example, in the case of Ofer Winter. Brigadier General Ofer Winter was the commander of the Givati ​​Brigade during Operation Eitan Cliff. And in a letter he published to his soldiers before going out to battle, he combined religious messages and verses, among other things he wrote, "I bear my eyes on the heavens and call upon you," Hear Israel, God, God, one. "God Almighty was successful in our ways, which we are going to fight for. Your people Israel against the enemy who treats your name. " The letter was also published in the media and sparked widespread public debate and in its wake Winter's promotion was also delayed for several years despite being a highly esteemed soldier. Only in recent months, after the chief of staff exchanges, has it been announced that Winter will be promoted to a more senior position.