Q&A: Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky's military service
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Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky's military service
Question
People are talking about Haredi rabbis who served in the IDF.
Among the best known are the Rebbe of Seret-Vizhnitz, who fought in Haifa, and the rosh yeshiva of Tifrach, Rabbi Aviezer Piltz.
For some reason, they play down Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky's military service in the south, guarding against the Egyptian army in 1948, and also in the hills east of Petah Tikva (today Rosh HaAyin–Kfar Kula, which he inherited). Since the Rabbi, as a former member of Bnei Akiva, knows the background, can he say why?
Answer
I didn't know about that, but the reasons seem clear to me.
Discussion on Answer
All right, this is a pointless discussion. Ask the people who do talk about it or don't talk about it.
Forgive me, I didn't understand what the clear circumstances are.
What is different about this one from that one?
And by the way, on the site of the fighting not only Rosh HaAyin was established, but also Nakhshonim and the city of Elad, and perhaps Afeq as well.