Jan 23, 2014
Soldiers in IDF make siyyum
Hmmmm.. a group of religious female soldiers, ina program through Midreshet Lindenbaum meshing Torah studies for women with army service, have just completed a grueling 5 month army course. They celebrated the completion of the course, as soldiers sometimes do, but in a different way than how most soldiers celebrated.
These female soldiers celebrated their successful completion of the course by completing a couple of tractates of Gemara and making a siyyum. Some finished Gemara Brachos, and others finished Gemara Chagiga.
source; Srugim
So, does army service mean you also cannot do any learning during the duration of the army service? Does serving in the army for 2 or 3 years mean that for those 2 or 3 years learning Torah will not be possible or allowed?
If these girls can do it, the yeshiva boys can't?
Is this better or worse then girls putting on tefillin?
These female soldiers celebrated their successful completion of the course by completing a couple of tractates of Gemara and making a siyyum. Some finished Gemara Brachos, and others finished Gemara Chagiga.
source; Srugim
So, does army service mean you also cannot do any learning during the duration of the army service? Does serving in the army for 2 or 3 years mean that for those 2 or 3 years learning Torah will not be possible or allowed?
If these girls can do it, the yeshiva boys can't?
Is this better or worse then girls putting on tefillin?
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:-/ Everything is upside down and backwards before Ge'ulah. (sigh)
ReplyDeleteRafi, I don't even understand your closing question. How are the two things comparable? And certainly if the girls are going to serve, by their choice, it is a positive example for other women and men, both. There are two elements there: one, that they maintained their learning during their training and two, that they chose a siyum mesechet as their way of celebrating the completion of training. How else does a Jew celebrate an achievement (and a relief!)? By thanking Hashem, by giving back to Him in a way that promotes His Torah and magnifies His holy name among the public. We can do this with through many mitzvot, but the way they chose really sends a message and challenges others to live up to a positive standard of commitment and learning. If I had a daughter who chose to serve in Tzahal, I would have been very proud to have her celebrate completion of tironut or a course with a siyum. I knew quite a few girls my age who served and maintained a good religious standard throughout; but none who organized this sort of celebration after tironut or a course.
ReplyDeletethat was meant to be a joke, as was the comparison to yeshiva boys serving and learn (with just a trace of seriousness)
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