tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post3769018979737358561..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: Suggested Reading: The Virtues of War by Steven PressfieldDutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-16816851922807042292009-02-11T09:54:00.000-06:002009-02-11T09:54:00.000-06:00Looks like as good a place as anyto leave this com...Looks like as good a place as any<BR/>to leave this comment. Last week's<BR/>Torah reading,Exodus 17:13-22 (Parshas Beshalach) reads: "The children of Israel were armed ["chamushim"] when they went up from Egypt. Page 367 of the Stone/Artscroll Chumash <BR/><BR/>The first lesson (among many)<BR/>that can be learned from this is:<BR/>ain somchin al ha-nes: do not rely on miracles<BR/><BR/>There's also this, from Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman - www.rabbiullman.com <BR/>http://ohr.edu/yhiy/article.php/768 <BR/>Ideally, a Jew would rather have peace than war. However, not only history, but also the Torah, teaches us that a Jew has to be willing and able to fight - and win.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Rabbi Ullman instances Avraham's in Bereshis (Genesis 14:13) war to free his Lot and other captives and discusses the passage in Sanhedrin 72a (the Babylonian Talmud), and the Shulchan Aruch's comment, and the much quoted passage in Eruvin 45a on attacks or ostensible "mere trespassing" on Shabbat. Please read the full article for a fuller overviewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com