Q&A: Reciting passages from Hallel in light of the expansion on Mount Hermon and the IDF’s success against Syria
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Reciting passages from Hallel in light of the expansion on Mount Hermon and the IDF’s success against Syria
Question
Hello and blessings to the Rabbi,
This past Sabbath I was staying in the Golan Heights, and I was very surprised in the synagogue. After the prayer service they recited passages from Hallel, following the instruction of the rabbis of the Golan (I have no idea who).
They did this in light of the IDF’s success against Syria.
What is the Rabbi’s view?
Answer
I didn’t understand the question, nor the surprise.
Discussion on Answer
A bitter enemy has fallen, the Iranians and Hezbollah were driven out in disgrace and are gone, Assad’s army with its entire arsenal was destroyed, and all this without risking a single one of our soldiers. If you don’t say Hallel for that, then don’t say it on Passover or Hanukkah either.
They recited passages from Hallel after the prayer service on the Sabbath.
The surprise is this: no war has ended, and it’s not clear that the scoundrels there now are any better. So what’s the point of this?