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A collection of letters by rabbis concerning enlistment to the IDF in answer to a question posed by a youth whose heart was drawn to Torah study. Israel, 2000.
The letters were sent to a religious youth who concluded his high school studies and was deliberating whether to postpone his enlistment to the IDF and continue his studies in a Yeshiva of higher learning or whether he has a religious obligation to serve in the army.
Among the rabbis who answer this question: the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu [on the letter with the query: "Whoever can study in a Yeshiva of higher learning shall be blessed…"], Rabbi Shlomi Aviner ["The State of Israel needs people who farm and people who carry arms… Whoever wishes to study Torah is doing chesed with the Jewish nation…afterward he will go to the army…"], Rabbi Dov Lior ["A weighty question… We do not have many young men who can dedicate the best of their youthful years to advance in Torah learning… therefore I conclude that he should study a few years…"], Rabbi Moshe Butzako – Head of the Heichal Eliyahu Yeshiva ["Before the chain of Hesder Yeshivot opened…I demanded that they establish the Hesder Yeshivot which…are a Torah obligation…a supreme command and a foremost mitzvah…"]. More letters by Rabbi She'ar Yashuv Cohen, Rabbi of Haifa, Rabbi Nachum Eliezer Rabinowitz – head of Ma'ale Adumim Yeshiva, Rabbi Chaim Katz, head of Yeshivat HaKotel, Rabbi Amnon Sugarman, head of HaGolan Yeshiva and a letter from the office of the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau. Some of the rabbis enclosed articles on the subject of enlistment to the IDF with their letter.
10 letters + enclosed material. Varying size. Good condition.