Reply To: Cancel Bein HaZemanim

UJM- Because you can’t force Talmud Torah. Unfortunately, the secular soldiers aren’t ma’aminim, they don’t believe in the protective value of Talmud Torah. That can’t be forced upon them. What their role is, is to serve in our physical protection. And one day, hopefully they will acknowledge the truth and join us in the Beis Midrash.

But the Charedi world do value Talmud Torah not only as an individual mitzvah, but as a zechus for the nation. And when our nation needs protection, we should have round-the-clock protection- both from those on the front lines, and those in the Beis Midrash. Additionally, unlike our secular brothers, the Charedim also see the value in having an army, of needing regular hishtadlus through teva. So those who aren’t learning should certainly serve with the rest of Klal Yisroel. Just like the Dati Leumi soldiers who value both- they spend years in yeshiva and years in the army… they invest in both modes of protection that they acknowledge are necessary. It gives me such chizuk seeing the pictures of soldiers sitting in Khan Yunis and other places in Gaza with a sefer learning, or making in minyanim. This is what Tzivos HaShem looks like.