R' Rakeffet in the IDF. The Resolution of the Status of the MIAs of the Battle of Sultan Yacoub. Comments on the R' Moshe Meiselman Interview and the R' Hershel Schachter Interview. Chabad Rabbis in US Shuls. R' Yitzchok Lichtenstein.

R' Rakeffet in the IDF. The Resolution of the Status of the MIAs of the Battle of Sultan Yacoub. Comments on the R' Moshe Meiselman Interview and the R' Hershel Schachter Interview. Chabad Rabbis in US Shuls. R' Yitzchok Lichtenstein. - Aug 30, 2026 - R' Rakeffet's career in the IDF: Basic-training, teaching, Lebanon. The tragedy of the Battle of Sultan Yacoub. Ehud Barak's role. The creation of International Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers (ICMIS). R' Rakeffet joins ICMIS. An overview of Zachary Baumel, Tzvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz and their families. Meyer "Mike" Kaplan's background and his role in the MIAs issue. Examples of false leads. An overview of the agunot issue. Applying the concept of התרת עגונות to determine the status of the MIAs. ספיקא ספק S'feik S'feika. R' Yitzchak Elchanan Spector. How the IDF adopted the process of determining whether a missing husband is still alive to the MIAs. Positive consequences of declaring the three MIAs dead. Supreme Court case to reverse the Military Rabbinic Court decision. The R' Moshe Meiselman interview. How and why, he portrays accurately only part of R' Yosef Soloveitchik's total personality. R' Hershel Schachter interview. Three points of R' Rakeffet's disagreement: 1) Dr. Belkin and nature of YU. 2) Serving in the IDF. 3) Rabbis leaving the USA to move up to Israel. Chabad rabbis taking over US shuls. How and why R' Yitzchok Lichtenstein disagrees with his parents.