Nachum hosted Rav Dudi Winkler, Program Director of Israel’s Lev LaChayal live at JM in the AM to discuss their important work with “lone soldiers” in the IDF. From the Lev LaChayal website: “Lev LaChayal is a semi-autonomous program with Yeshivat Lev HaTorah, designed to provide comprehensive training for Anglos intending to draft into the IDF as well as a home base during their service. In recognition of Lev LaChayal’s important contribution to the soldiers, the government of Israel and Igud Yeshivot Hesder recently awarded the yeshiva with hesder status. The program specifically caters to the needs of religious Anglo lone soldiers. The pre-Army portion of the program “covers all the bases”, combining high-level Torah study, IDF-designed physical training, advanced Hebrew Ulpan and tours of the country. Each individual receives the spiritual, ideological and physical preparation necessary to allow him to make his maximum contribution to the IDF. Lev LaChayal offers personal guidance for each individual as he navigates through the potentially bewildering military and immigration bureaucracies, and with difficulties he may encounter during his service. Perhaps most importantly—Lev LaChayal offers a place where each lone soldier can call “home”, both during the pre-Army and the subsequent Army service.”