Overview

• Speaking on Kol Chai radio, Rabbi Moshe Maya said Haredi men could serve only if protections for Shabbat and religious purity are anchored in formal military regulations.
• He stressed that verbal assurances are insufficient and that only an official IDF General Staff order would make such guarantees credible.
• The stance marks a departure from a June letter by Shas’s Council of Torah Sages, which declared army enlistment forbidden even in so‑called Haredi tracks.
• Matzav noted that Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has maintained a hardline prohibition, underscoring ongoing divisions among senior rabbinic leaders.
• Coverage highlighted existing Haredi frameworks in the IDF, including Netzach Yehuda and the new Chashmonaim Brigade, even as debate continues over codifying enforceable safeguards.