According to Ladaat, the Chief Rabbi of Acco, Rav Yosef Yashar, has come up with an idea to strengthen the concept of the Torah learning being the true protection of the Jewish nation, in light of the decision to use criminal sanctions on those who will avoid the draft in favor of learning Torah.
Rav Yashar's idea is to amend the prayer for the soldiers of the IDF and include in it the yeshiva students and all those who learn Torah. He has called on those shuls around town in Acco that say the prayer for the soldiers to now say the amended prayer.
If you want the nusach of the tefilla, this is it:
There is already a nusach that is meant to be vague and pareve enough to include both the soldiers and the Torah learners, or whichever one wants to have in mind. I think the nusach is credited to Rav Neventzahl. It says the Mi She'beirach to all the "defenders of Eretz Yisrael". Some shuls say it as a compromise of sorts. This is different in the sense that it is explicit, while the pareve nusach is more vague.
I wonder now that the bnei torah will be explicitly stated in the tefilla if the haredi kehillos will also start saying the tefilla... I also wonder how many shuls in Acco will adopt the new nusach as per the Chief Rabbi's instructions..
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