God Wants You to Serve

parsaht bamidbar, Numbers 1

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on May 18th 2023 on Clubhouse. The Torah counts every able-bodied male to serve in the army and to pay their share of taxes and we look at the Haredi demand that they be exempt from military service and subsidized by the State and wonder…. why?

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Transcript:

Welcome to Madlik.  My name is Geoffrey Stern and at Madlik we light a spark or shed some light on a Jewish Text or Tradition.  Along with Rabbi Adam Mintz, we host Madlik Disruptive Torah on clubhouse every Thursday night at 8:00pm Eastern and share it as the Madlik podcast on your favorite platform. This week’s Torah portion is Bamidbar. The Torah counts every Jewish male, every able-bodied male to serve in the army and to pay their share of taxes and we look at the Haredi demand that they be exempt from military service and subsidized by the State and wonder…. why? So Join us for God wants you to Serve!

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Parshat Bamidbar – The Torah counts every Jewish Male of military age and counts every able bodied male to pay their share of taxes and we look at the Haredi demand that they be exempt from military service and subsidized by the State and wonder why.