CoS Eizenkot – IDF Rabbis to Give Graduation Speeches

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IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot clarified last week that having the head of the Education division and not an IDF rabbi give the graduation speech at the Kotel for a Givati graduation was a one-off event, and not a change in procedure.

Eizenkot made it clear that in future graduation ceremonies, an IDF rabbi would speak after the unit commander, according to a report in Makor Rishon.

There is an ongoing feud between the Education division and the IDF Rabbinate over the educational messages each want to give the soldiers.