After two soldiers found themselves in a life-threatening condition after they fasted during the 17th of Tammuz, the Military Rabbinate reiterated its call for soldiers performing operational activities to eat and drink during the upcoming fast day.
Ahead of the upcoming fast days and amid the war, the IDF Rabbinate published a booklet with special instructions for soldiers in the field.
Ezra Yakhin, who fought in the Lehi paramilitary organization before the founding of Israel, is still doing IDF reserve duty at 96 in the IDF Rabbinate.
After the rabbi of a battalion in northern Israel discovered that the event scheduled for his soldiers was organized by Christian missionaries and the food was unsupervised the commander decided to cancel it.
Captain Rabbi Yehoshua Gerstein tells Arutz Sheva about the IDF rabbis' various jobs, from providing kosher food and religious items to tending to the fallen and boosting morale.
Givati Brigade Rabbi sent hundreds of donated mezuzahs to be inspected by the IDF Scribes Institute, which found many to be invalid.
Dental and DNA samples will be taken from each terrorist's body to ensure that there are no Jews among them.
IDF Rabbinate's female coroner team leader says that despite the difficult scenes, the importance of the work keeps her team going.
200 military rabbis have signed a letter rebuking the reservists who announced they would not serve in the IDF due to the judicial reform.
The Rabbinate members provided religious necessities, from Kosher food to a synagogue and special instructions for Shabbat.
"Officers must be familiar with beliefs, customs of non-Jewish soldiers," says IDF spokesman.
Initiative to introduce dairy cooking into officers' lounges just a first step, says Rabbi Levanon. It comes into practice today.
"We have very different challenges, but we still have a lot to learn from one another."
The headmaster of Yeshivat Elon Moreh has instructed his students not to eat dairy food cooked in IDF kitchens.
Decades later, the IDF may lift a lengthy ban on dairy in base kitchens. Military Rabbis have warned against the move.
70 cadets from IDF rabbinical course ordered into isolation after 2 of them test positive for coronavirus.
Hundreds of soldiers recruited to take the place of the reservists who usually prepare for Passover on the bases.
IDF Chief Rabbinate joins war against coronavirus, converts DNA lab to facility capable of handling hundreds of specimens daily.
UTJ's MK Gafni appeals to Defense Minister Naftali Bennett to maintain status quo in IDF kitchens and prevent entry of non-kosher food.
Accompanied by Chief IDF Cantor Shai Abramson, IDF's Rabbinate Choir performs classic at Israeli music festival.
The IDF relaxed its grooming standards to enable religious soldiers to grow beards after revised rules in 2016 caused a huge backlash.
Rabbinate held this past weekend a special Shabbat at a hotel for religious families of soldiers who were killed during their IDF service.
Modesty laws booklet reveals true position of IDF Rabbinate in relation to mixed-gender order it was forced to sign.
Forum of reservist IDF rabbis say attacks on IDF Chief Rabbi appointee part of larger effort to marginalize Judaism within the IDF.
IDF Personnel Directorate head calls Rabbi Karim for 'clarification conversation' regarding statements made by the rabbi 3 and 4 years ago.
Rabbi Eyal Moshe Karim, former paratroopers commander and author of a book on Jewish military law, will be the next Chief Military Rabbi.
During Knesset committee meeting MK Bezalel Smotrich called plan to reorganize IDF Rabbinate 'underhanded opportunism'.
In letter to PM, Rabbis David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef insist transferring Jewish Consciousness dep't from IDF Rabbinate will cause 'ruin.'
Critics fume after IDF Chief of Staff officially announces decision to remove Jewish Consciousness department from IDF Rabbinate.
IDF Chief of Staff gives in to leftist groups, moves key department from military rabbinate to personnel directorate.
Rabbis hold conference in Jerusalem to discuss the budget cut threats facing rabbinate, and explain why rabbinate so crucial to the army.
Soldiers need their strength, and fighting terrorists to save Jewish lives trumps the custom not to eat meat this week, IDF Rabbis said.
Ground Forces Rabbi hints there may be a need for intense spiritual support for troops in September.
The new chief of staff has approved a change in the text recited in military memorial ceremonies to include G-d’s Name.
Israel’s chief rabbis, Rabbi Yona Metzger and Rabbi Shlomo Amar, met on Sunday with Chief Military Rabbi Rafi Peretz and his staff.
The IDF rabbinate has developed a device that will allow soldiers to speak on the telephone without Shabbat desecration.
