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In the vicinity of Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, they said this morning (Sunday) that his position is that "those who do not study Torah should enlist in the IDF", so after his words that were said last night in his weekly lesson, according to which, "If they force us to go to the army, we will go abroad", as he put it .
According to sources close to the rabbi, "his intention was only for those who sit and study Torah, who can continue to sit and study because this is what protects and saves the people of Israel. The rabbi does not go back on his words, it is forbidden to harm Torah students in the Land of Israel. Anyone who wants to continue studying - should be allowed to do so ".
"Anyone who wants to continue studying - should be allowed to do so."
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Last night, in his weekly class, the chief rabbi said: "What would we do without the world of yeshivas and kollelim? They hold the world. When I went to the Air Force, the Navy - I was not afraid. I said the things clearly - without studying the Torah, you will not succeed. And they are silent. No one told me thanks to the pilots, the bombs or the planes."
He continued, "If they force us to go to the army - we will all go abroad.
We will buy tickets, there is no such thing.
This is what the state stands for.
The secularists need to understand that without the Torah - there would be no success for the army.
We saw how the army succeeded on October 7.
They (the soldiers) are only helping, they are the messengers.
We need to be strong against incitement."
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The chief rabbi's words caused a great stir and drew sharp criticism from many, but so far no official reference has been made to his words by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or on behalf of the Likud party.
The head of the opposition, Yair Lapid, wrote: "Rabbi Yosef's words are a disgrace and an insult to the IDF soldiers who risk their lives for the defense of the state.
Rabbi Yosef is a state employee, with a salary from the state, he cannot threaten the state.
Whoever evades the IDF will not receive a penny from the State of Israel."
The Shas faction chose not to respond to the rabbi's words, even attacking Lapid: "Go away before you speak disparagingly of the chief rabbi, who voiced a clear and decisive opinion on the enormous right of the Torah scholars who defend the land.
Those who silently encouraged the refusal of organizations that opposed the legal reform
should not preach morals to us."
Their art. This is the Torah and these are the media that kept us going through thousands of years of exile and the many hardships we endured, and God willing we survived and returned to our country."
The coalition factions also chose to respond to the words.
The religious Zionist party said: "Conscripting into the army is a great commandment. A public that is willing to pay with its life for the Land of Israel will not give it up under any conditions."
The Otzma Yehudit party released a criticism in a similar tone: "In King David's army there were scholars. We will never leave our holy land."
MK Matan Kahana from the state camp even offered an interesting proposal according to which: "The next chief rabbis will be from the national religious community."
Priority is given to those who have served a significant role in the IDF."
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