"My opinion is that there is no logic at all for his honor to leave and turn to other pursuits - and certainly not in the political sphere." So wrote the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Ariel Sharon in the summer of 1970 when Sharon asked for advice on whether he should leave the army for a political career. Sharon, as is known, was a successful general, responsible for many Israeli military successes beginning in the 1950's, and especially in the Yom Kippur War of 1973.
Arutz-7's Ruti Avraham reports that Rabbi Schneersohn wrote him at the time, "Even a ministerial position [is not recommended], as this is not your task, and will not utilize your talents and knowledge. I have no doubt nor shadow of a doubt that your task and success are specifically in the army..."
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement celebrated this week the publication of the second volume of a two-volume work entitled, "I Called, but There Was no Response." The work comprises chronologically-ordered verbal and written exchanges between the Rebbe and Israeli public figures. Among those whose consultations with the Rebbe are excerpted in the work are President Moshe Katzav, Elyakim Rubenstein, Rehavam Ze'evi, Shimon Peres, Geulah Cohen, and Rabbi Moshe Levinger of Hevron.