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Essay On Ultra Orthodox

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If you would be forced into the military you would probably not be happy, but what if you grew up knowing you had to serve. This is the life of an average Israeli. Now imagine now that you have a friend and he is more religious than you and because he is religious he does not have to serve at all. You would probably not feel so happy about it. This is the issue that was discussed in Israel earlier last year. Israel is one of the few countries in the world with a mandatory peacetime draft. Every Jewish eighteen year old in Israel must serve in the army. For the longest time though ultra-orthodox were exempt from serving, as they would be studying in yeshivas. The big argument is can you force people to serve in the army if their religious beliefs contradict it. As for many topics in Judaism there are many answers. Within different categories of Judaism there are different answers, even between the same categories there are different answers. The ultra-orthodox have the most to lose from this mandatory military service. Some ultra-orthodox believe that there …show more content…

One would be protecting your soul and body, so putting yourself in an army has a chance of you getting hurt. Another important value is having a moral responsibility beyond the law. If the ultra-orthodox truly believe that morally that studying torch is more important than defending where they live it could be a point for them. There is also the belief in Judaism about freedom. The freedom to choose your own life is very important and forcing people into the army gets rid of that freedom. Jews are also supposed to teach so if the men of the ultra-orthodox are going to school to become rabbis and then to teach there community they would be doing the right thing. One important value though is not to stand idly by your neighbor’s blood. While Israel is not in a war at this time, if they were to get into one fighting to protect your neighbor would be

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