CHAZAQ's Torah Talks #127 Rabbi Simcha Tannenbaum - The War In Israel and What You Can Do

their morale is high up they're amazing they're just training training training training and they were busy training this whole time in different areas and they're preparing for whatever is needed these soldiers are amazing they're combining together they're having a big morale they're ready to do whatever is needed to [Music] do welcome to Torah talks kak Tuesday night program with special guests we have with us all the way from erish in Israel from the Army how are you hey how are you very good you should hear only only good news we're gonna be talking about the war in Israel and before we talk about it if you give us and our listeners a little bit background about yourself yes so I'm Sim um I'm originally from uh frat in Israel and my parents are uh from LA Los Angeles and my mother's from Vancouver and they made Aliah about 30 years ago I was born and raised in Israel uh I was born in Jerusalem and uh thank God I uh I went to Yeshiva in the old city and after five years in Isa The Old City I decided to get drafted into the army uh and was a soldier uh a helper of the rabbi of the paratroopers um and in the end towards the end of the service I decided uh that I'm gonna join to become a uh a an army officer a rabbi and uh today I'm actually now the rabbi of banim the paratroopers uh headquarters uh where they become to train how to become a soldier the paratrooper Soldier uh and today um now the rabbi from uh starting of the I started the to become a rabbi there about a month and a half and uh that's that's what it is until now so so for us Americans at least myself that don't have experience with the Army what is exactly the job of a rabbi for the power Troopers what's there to do exactly so we're in charge from A to Z um to help them make sure the religion uh in the Army uh goes well and that means that we give them classes they have once a month um once every month they have a we we have we have to deal with a um that's what we deal with in the normal days and in in the time of the war we're like the zaka of the army so we have to deal with the Dead uh the Dead people so uh I'm a Coen actually so I still uh I this whole time of the war I didn't dealt with I didn't deal with uh the dead but uh actually had to deal with all the logistic stuff if it's to give them titas and to give them uh grape juice sidor um havdala kits filling kits and different uh to building a in different areas where we had to build wow wow wow protect all of you and all of am so can you give us some updates of what's going on now inish in Israel with the war yeah so it all happens in Tor actually was closing in base uh I actually was in the base and we had a a couple of units in our base and I wake up in the morning uh and I actually go to the sh in the base and I see that uh the soldiers not there you know we we told them at 8:00 in the morning we're going to start a milion and uh actually no one was in SCH so I started going to the to the unit wherever they're sitting there in the in the base and actually see the commanders and the headquarters of the of that unit they started telling me listen there's all kinds of stuff going on um actually as us were rabbis we have uh phones on chabis on our in our pockets but we don't uh you know it's just like a walkie-talkie uh and actually I got to the that group and then I they the commander started telling me explain to me that there's things going on and we don't really know exactly what's going on but there's a lot of uh uh all kinds of Arabs inim wandering around in Israel they passed the the headquarters and uh and actually those soldiers had to start organizing all the stuff and getting prepared for war and they started asking me different questions Hal questions if it's okay that we could uh start getting our bags ready you know all kinds of stuff that are M and all those stuff and actually of course I said uh of course 100% you guys can do whatever is needed to do uh and then from there basically the they brought a lot of the units back from home from SIM Torah uh to the base to the main head base where we were and over there uh they started uh starting uh you know using the base as Reg they started shooting raging and preparing for war and our head the the paratroopers uh we I wasn't there but I was in base but most of the head commanders and all the soldiers went to uh the and and all those areas and had to fight and went through um all kinds of Wars over there and fought and went through houses and buildings and uh they also saw different uh different things that are not so simple to see uh different bodies all over uh and I was actually in the base and I was uh phone calling my my Rabbi the head Rabbi and I was phone calling him and explaining to him where to go directing him uh to different areas where uh they were War they were going to to war to start fight so so that was uh that was the horrific Massacre that happened that shook every single one of us what's the progress now that it's basically 30 days a little bit more since that horrific day yeah so uh thank god um there was the Army went in of course the we had to start first uh making sure in in a is triel everything's uh cleared up uh whatever it was the you know to kill the or to ter capture them the terrorists and to capture them and uh and now thank God everything's cleared in in a Israel and uh now there's soldiers and different units all over that area in Gaza and uh they're capturing different areas and uh we're hopefully everything's going to be okay and also the paratroopers are slowly maturely there and different units and different areas um and that's the that's the plan now that's what's going on so what's the Vibes for the different soldiers in the different bases so thank God uh the vibe is is very high the soldiers are you can just see them I was I CL this my I'm since theim since the the time of the El I was uh I was in base and the guys are their morale is high up uh and they're amazing they're just training training training training and they were busy training this whole time in different areas and they're preparing for whatever is needed and they're they're uh they're they're amazing they these soldiers are amazing they're together they're combining together they're having a big morale and uh it's just amazing they're ready to to do whatever is needed to do look about I'll tell you one thing there was a guy from America who was in Israel he left Israel he came back to America and he tells me that in Israel they're more full four is positive the whole nine yards and in America he's like people are much more worried in America so there's definitely something special uh you know energy and the air Andes in the holy land and the question is to you is those of us outside of Israel what can we do to help with this war so uh as you as you know uh the soldiers are working day and night wherever is needed to be they're working there and uh we're actually you know when when here in Israel when it's night time so actually the the civilians are are resting and sleeping and uh as we know the clock in in New York or in America in different areas um is is morning time and we actually need a lot of a lot of theim and learning together Kusa uh and meming the soldiers in in the battle and the other people that are dealing with whatever is needed to be deal dealt with uh needs um everyone to be there together to to read and to learn mishna whatever's needed in order that the Torah should be strong and Isel should feel the Torah and the should also feel that Torah the push of the Torah that it should be very helpful for for us 100% and that's how I got to do a Torah talk with sim a friend from Israel who reached out saying listen they reached out to me from the Army and they're saying that the the war the main war time is middle of the night for Israel and like you just said that the civilians are sleeping so Us in America have an opportunity to D in and pray and to learn to which is the main Shield the main protection that will take care of our shoulders of our of our dear and uh it's between it depends on where you live but more or less between 5: to 10 p.m. we should be having people reading learning doing charity is always very important as we all know and that's the message that we have for from our shoulders like we heard directly from we have a T talk one final message that you can give over to CLA to all of us yeah so um actually CL we know that whatever happened happened but uh we're all going to be strong together and uh everyone we're we're waiting here for guys from to come here and actually we were in the base and a lot of Americans came and a lot of donors came to donate uh meat and they made barbecues and they gave us a lot of equipment whatever is needed for the soldiers and continue doing what you guys are doing and uh it's amazing and keep on learning keep on learning for us over there and uh we're waiting for the G for everyone to come to Israel and uh we're praying and we hope you guys also uh stay safe over there and keep uh learning and and praying for us over here in is am me we will definitely do that what you're doing you're on the front lines and we're over here praying for you we're going to be learning for you and all of your friends and all the for all of for all the Jewish people uh you should know that we were many communities have done it our community as well kak has had collections we gave a lot of stuff to the Army we just had a massive with thousands of people praying and and and and and we having and events all the many many things we're doing and we are going to continue doing ladies and gentl only only good news I want to thank you for all that you do stay strong only only good news amen amen amen thank you very much thank you very much we kept this Torah talk shorter than usual because has to go ahead and do what he has to do as we all understand in the AR Army and we want to 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