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Rabbi Feldman's Daas Torah

JL;DR SUMMARY In a controversial lecture in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Rabbi Feldman, a Rosh Yeshiva from Ner Israel, discouraged enlistment in the IDF among Charedim, suggesting it leads to religious abandonment, a claim commonly used to oppose Charedi army service. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Religious PracticesIdfTorah And ScienceRabbi SlifkinArmy ServiceCharedimControversyDaas TorahRamat Beit ShemeshRabbi Feldman

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Ramat Beit Shemesh, Haifa District, Israel
"an anti-IDF lecture delivered by a Ner Israel Rosh Yeshiva to residents of Ramat Beit Shemesh, a city populated by many expatriate Americans."
Israel
"He flew to Israel, consulted Rav Elyashiv, and once that judgment was confirmed."

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