Rabbi Yosef: Soldiers killed in war because they did not observe mitzvot

‘It is no wonder that IDF soldiers are killed in war; they don’t observe Shabbat, don’t observe the Torah and don’t pray every day,’ Shas’ spiritual leader says during weekly sermon

IDF soldiers were killed during the Second Lebanon War because they did not observe mitzvot (commandments), Rabbi Ovadia Yosef said in his weekly Saturday-night sermon, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef speaks of slain soldiers in weekly sermon

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