Tag: Milchemet Mitzvah
Operation Protective Edge: The Ugly Truth!
Purpose of Milchemet Mitzvah: Destroy the enemies of Israel to protect Jews and the land of Israel.
The Tal Law and Jewish Law – In Conflict?
In the early days of Statehood, when Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, the famed Chazon Ish, and other leading rabbis reached a compromise with David Ben Gurion to provide military exemptions for yeshiva students, only some 400 students were exempted. Writing about a Milchemet Mitzvah, the Chazon Ish himself recognized that “if there is a need for them, they must come to the aid of their brethren.”