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Toldot: Israel’s Secret Weapon

with Benny Rapoport

Topics: Parshah, Toldot

The Israel Defense Force is one of the most advanced armies in the world. Learn about Israel's secret weapon and discover how you can use it to defend our sacred ... More

The Israel Defense Force is one of the most advanced armies in the world. With superior technology and training, the IDF dominates on land, on sea and in the air.

In this ParshahCast, learn about Israel's secret weapon and discover how you can use it to defend our sacred homeland!

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	Rabbi Benny Rapoport is director of Chabad's Jewish Discovery Center in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. He has lived in the Scranton/Abington area with his wife and family since the fall of 2000.

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Posted: Dec 4, 2011

spiritual/physical defense

Truly Israel is so unique and one of the reason it still exist is because of Torah. I've heard many wonderful things about the IDF including one of it's units called the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, a unit conducive to religious convictions. Is this battalion considered a pausible solution to the exemption described?.

Posted By Anonymous, Los Angeles, CA

Posted: Nov 7, 2010

Those in Israel who feel that studying Torah are not defending the Land are those who don't understand why we are even entitled to it. Bravo for making it crystal clear. Those who don't believe this message must not be accorded political power. It will be the demise of your power and glory.

Posted By happyminyan, Los Angeles, USA

Posted: Nov 6, 2010

I respectfully agree, and disagree

Rabbi: I wholly agree with the assertion that study of Torah is an important mitvah and incredibly important insofar as nurturing a moral 'center' of an individual or even an entire nation. But the exemption was created when there were very few young men studying Torah. Now that population has exploded. Yet the danger to Israel and the Jewish people is as great as it ever was. Also take into account the fact that these young men are starting what will most likely be large families, yet not learning a trade to support them...and we have quite a dilemma. One could say that these Torah scholars are surviving in Israel because of the blood shed by someone elses son, and are being taken care of by the state through the taxes of people who work in the 'real' world. The future of the State of Israel rests as much on the peace and compromises made between the religious and secular as it does between the Jews and the arabs.

Posted By Benyamin, Chicago

Posted: Nov 5, 2010

it not good for people to know our secret weapon

Posted By Anonymous