As Gaza War Intensifies, a Plea from Reservists to Haredim to Join the Battle

Edited by: TJVNews.com

Our Haredi brothers, if you do not change course swiftly at this historic moment, you will be remembered with eternal disgrace.

Judah the Maccabee. Samuel the Prophet. King David. Joshua son of Nun. Yoav son of Zeruiah.

These are the figures we have looked up to throughout the generations. Men of courage, strength, and valor.

Not one of them, in a time of existential war, made backroom deals and arrangements to escape the front while their sisters were slaughtered and raped by the depraved, their children burned by Amalekites, and their soldiers fell while defending the people of Israel and the Holy Land.

 Your ongoing harm to those who bear the burden, to those who protect your lives and enable the world of Torah to exist in the Holy Land, is a disgrace that will not be erased.

 Hundreds of thousands from all sectors of society have, for nearly two years, dropped everything and stood up to defend your children.

Our children. The children of the entire people of Israel.

 We are on your side. We write these words with awe and great respect for you and for the value of Torah study.

We will never side with those who promote the issue of military conscription with the aim of tearing the nation apart or for other negative purposes. We utterly reject them.

But the current reality is unrelated to Torah. The leaders of the Haredi public openly declare that even the most idle among them must not be drafted under any condition.

 We are confident and know that within your community there is an internal call for change.

And change can only happen if the system is wise enough to respect and implement your ways of life, just as it knows how to respect other populations.

But change will never occur if there is no clear voice raised against your public representatives who repeatedly choose non-dialogue and contempt toward those who buckle under the burden.

If there is no protest, it means you agree with them.

The days of Bein HaMetzarim (the Three Weeks) are a time to break free from the constraints and take part in writing the pages of Jewish history.

We are brothers. We are brothers. We are brothers.

A time of distress it is for Jacob, and with you we shall be saved.