All Categories - Smiles For Chayalim
18 de septiembre de 2026 ·
I'm Aron, founder of Smiles for the Kids and Smiles for Chayalim. Most of what I write here...
16 de agosto de 2026 ·
People still ask me why the IDF runs short of equipment. I answered that in detail a few months...
14 de agosto de 2026 ·
She runs the logistics tent for her plugah and spends every hour of the day answering somebody...
5 de agosto de 2026
This past Shabbos was day seventy of miluim. We are not halfway through this round. The news...
16 de julio de 2026 ·
The news out of Jerusalem is consistent. The war is winding down. Thirty percent of the...
14 de julio de 2026
Daniel wanted to be a soldier for as long as he can remember. He grew up in a charedi home. In...
9 de julio de 2026 ·
Yesterday the order came down. Thirty percent of the reserves are going home. Not for a mission....
5 de julio de 2026 ·
On Friday morning we woke to a phone call. There was a lockdown across the Gaza area,...
5 de julio de 2026 ·
Yesterday I drove all over the Negev in a car with a ל on the back window. The learner's plate....
16 de junio de 2026
A message came in last week. I read it twice before I answered. It was from a man in my unit. A...
2 de junio de 2026
I was getting ready to head back to my unit when my daughter told me something I did not expect. ...
2 de junio de 2026
The last post was about why soldiers in Israel rely on civilian donors. This one is about the...
2 de junio de 2026
People keep asking me why IDF soldiers are still asking for help three years into the war. The...
24 de mayo de 2026
After all the planning, all the Zooms and calls and WhatsApp messages, it is finally the day to...
11 de mayo de 2026
The dates are locked in. The Tzav 8 is on the way. A Tzav 8 is the emergency call-up order in...
4 de mayo de 2026
The goal of this blog is to give you a glimpse into the life of a Rasap and a soldier in the IDF...


