Tu B'Av: From the Platoon to the Home | Rabbi Peretz Einhorn

Rabbi Peretz Einhorn writes about his 13-year rabbinic mission accompanying religious soldiers, and the transition from military base to establishing a faithful home in Israel. He emphasizes the importance of continuing the mission after discharge, by guiding released soldiers to study halls, training grooms, and building families. Tu B'Av is seen as a holiday reminding that great light comes from faithful homes, and that the great task of this generation is to raise builders of great homes, not just warriors.

Rabbi Peretz Einhorn, who has accompanied religious soldiers for 13 years, writes about the rabbinic mission that does not end at the base gate. He describes how his organization visits bases, studies Torah with soldiers, holds gatherings, and sends pocket books, aiming that no soldier should be spiritually alone. Over the years, the mission expanded to accompany released soldiers back to study halls, training grooms, and building homes. Einhorn sees Tu B'Av as a holiday reminding that great light comes from faithful homes in Israel, and that the great task of this generation is to raise builders of great homes, not just warriors. He emphasizes the importance of partnership, Torah, mutual responsibility, and community in building a Jewish home, and calls for a true continuity of mission from the platoon to the home.