"Hesder yeshivas were created to produce Torah scholars who also have a civic conscience to perform basic army duty," said Rabbi Haim Druckman, head of the Or Etzion Yeshiva in Mercaz Shapira, near Kiryat Malachi.
"However, there are many young men who do not have what it takes to be scholars, but who still want a very religious framework."
In an agreement reached between the IDF and the yeshivas, students will now be allowed to opt for a four-year course that combines a shorter period of Torah study with longer army service. The first and last years will be devoted to yeshiva study, while the middle two years will consist of military service.
Presently, hesder yeshivas offer only a five-year course that sandwiches 18 months of army service between two stints of Torah study that add up to more than three years. This five-year course will be maintained, while the shorter, less intellectually demanding four-year course will be added as an option in some hesder yeshivas.
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Why does this bother you? From what I have heard the hesder program is on a very high academic level. Surely you would agree that not everyone is up to that?
Posted by: Ploni | June 18, 2009 at 08:53 PM