Israeli youth are highly motivated to serve in combat units according to details released by the army ahead of the summer draft that began Sunday and will continue until the beginning of next month - According to the army, 73 percent of youth eligible to serve in combat positions have asked to serve in combat units
The name of God in any language is in and of itself holy, and Jewish law forbids its destruction. Consequently, many Jews will spell it in unusual ways such as G-d. Our Rabbinical advisors permit us to type out the name because on a computer monitor the image of words does not have the solidity and permanence of a document. However, we have been cautioned to ask you not to print out materials that have such a name on them, unless you are prepared to dispose of such a page in the proper manner. (Burial of such pages is best.)
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