The Military Rabbinate
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IDF, Tisha B'Av
IDF Rabbinate: Combat soldiers MAY NOT FAST on Tisha B'Av
IDF Rabbinate issues unprecedented order: Soldiers in active zones and support roles face mandatory exemption from Tisha B'Av fast.
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| Gila Isaacson, JFeed Staff | 11.08.24![Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/09/10/ecd5ad50-4fdc-11ee-aca0-99f54da11c9c__h331_w650.jpeg)
"A Great Honor"
This week Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef visited the Chief Military Rabbinate base and met with the senior officers of the Corps. Lt. Col. Rabbi Udi Schwartz: "We were privileged to show the great work of the military rabbinate"
Arye Yoeli, JFeed Staff | 10.09.23
![Rabbi Havlin in the rabbinic military course](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/08/09/c11676a0-3681-11ee-857f-d749c96c4e91__h331_w650.jpeg)
German Rabbi Participates in IDF Course
In the last military rabbis course, Rabbi Shmuel Havlin also participated, who is the Chief Rabbi of the Northern Command of the German Army. In a conversation with sergeants, he says: "I was very impressed by the way the military rabbinate considers every halachic detail"
Arye Yoeli, Srugim News | 09.08.23