11.06
Cohort 5, the largest in the brigade’s history, declares allegiance
Charedi. God-fearing. Warrior.
The first ultra-Orthodox (Charedi) brigade in the IDF trains combat soldiers to the highest standard in the Ground Forces, without compromising a single detail of halacha.
Training complete!The Chashmonaim march to Jerusalem
11.08.2026 · Cohort 4 combat soldiers move up to the Yonatan Battalion
From the field
From the front and the beit midrash
Regular updates from the brigade’s battalions: training courses, ceremonies and Chashmonaim’s combat soldiers in action.
A winning blend
Charedi soldiers serve in meaningful combat roles, with fixed times for Torah study, prayer with a minyan and strict mehadrin kashrut, without ever compromising their identity.
And in the field, the brigade’s combat soldiers operate at the front, proving that the operational top tier is within reach.
Meet the brigade2battalions: the regular Yonatan and the reserve Shimon
32months of full service on the regular track
8months of Rifleman 07 training at the Tevez Base
32combat support roles across six fields
1first place among the infantry brigades in the platoon assessment
From founding to the front in a year and a half
“Yonatan Battalion, the victory is yours.” Brig. Gen. Yuval Gaz, Commander of the 91st Division
16.07
About 30 squad commanders certified at the Tomb of Samuel the Prophet
11.08
A Beret March through the streets of Jerusalem to the Western Wall plaza
11.08
The Shimon Battalion is certified for operations on the Golan Heights
26.08
About 40 combat medics complete their training at the brigade’s training base
02.09
The Yonatan Battalion marks six months in Southern Lebanon
15.09
The first officers’ course climbs Mount Golani at sunrise
23.09
For the first time, both battalions together in the northern sector
The next chapter is being written now
The Elul cohort is already on its way, and there’s room for you too.
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Rifleman 07 and operational service in the Yonatan Battalion, with a path to the Reconnaissance unit, command and the officer track.
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Combat training in the reserves
Combat training and service in the Shimon Battalion, for exemption holders and reservists.
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The Beret March to Jerusalem
A siyum at the Western Wall plaza
Chashmonaim on the clock
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In-depth conversations with commanders, rabbis and combat soldiers about combat, faith and mission.
From commanders, rabbis and warriors
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Rabbi Aryeh AmitFounder of the “HaNachshonim” Association“Educate a youth in his own way, from Chanoch the cobbler to the Charedi warrior”
Personal column
Menachem GoldbergIDF Civilian Employee, Head of the Marketing Section in the Brigade“The terrorist in the shaft beneath our forces”
Personal column
Rabbi Yisrael HalperinRam (company rabbi) in the Yonatan Battalion and Policy Officer“Moshe’s last war, the war of retribution against Midian”
Personal column
Rabbi Chaim Bar ZakaiRabbi and Director of the “B’Tzavta” Combat Preparatory Academy“Discipline, faith and devotion”
Personal column“You are the proof that the People of Israel can be defended without giving up who you are”
From the spirit of our forefather Israel, from the inner calling of the divine soul, we go out to fight and to defend the People of Israel. We do not cut ourselves off from the path of our holy forefathers. We bind ourselves to the spirit of the Torah more strongly still.
Col. Shemer RavivCommander of the Chashmonaim BrigadeRead the full address
A day in the brigade, from dawn to night
Shacharit
The day opens with prayer in a minyan, wrapped in tallit and tefillin, even when the minyan stands in the middle of the field.
Training
Firing ranges, Krav Maga and breaching drills, to the full standard of any infantry brigade.
Study session
Fixed Torah study sessions within the service routine, together with the brigade’s rabbis.
In the field
Operational deployment in the combat sectors, shoulder to shoulder with all the IDF’s combat soldiers.
Mincha
As the sun starts to go down, we stop for Mincha and move out.
Maariv and night drill
After Maariv, the field belongs to the combat soldiers. Night training is part of the routine.
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