The flyer concludes with a question: “Will you be there to save the future of Torah?” For Shame! Tell these midgets they are the ones destroying Klal Yisroel!

WRONG TIME FOR THE SECOND PART! A BISSELE SECHEL IS WARRANTED TO BE MAKIR TOV TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS RISKING LIFE AND LIMB FOR US --- AND BE MEKADESH SHEM SHOMAYIM  FOR ALL OF US - DO NOT BREAK YIDDISHKEIT INTO PARTS!

 

Elya Ber Wachtfogel,  of Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe of South Fallsburg he stated that the entire purpose of the medinah in Eretz Yisroel is to “oiker zein Torah, to uproot Torah.” He said that even for those who are not learning Torah, it is forbidden to join the Israeli army.“[The draft law] is a gezeirah that we cannot compare to any of the gezerios that there have been until now,” Refuah Shleimah To All Mishugoyim!

 Tell these midgets they are the ones destroying Klal Yisroel!

The Mishnah (Sotah 8:4–5 [44b]) explains: “When do exemptions apply? In a milchemet reshut [a discretionary war]; however, in a milchemet mitzvah, [a war that is a mitzvah], everyone must participate, even a chatan from his chamber and a kallah from her chuppah.” Rambam (Hilchot Melachim 7:4) codifies these exemptions for a milchemet reshut, and says that in a milchemet mitzvah there is universal conscription.⁴ The Chazon Ish (Moed 114:3 [p. 167]) asserts that in a milchemet mitzvah all are obligated to participate, even if the war effort does not require them; and in a milchemet reshut, everyone who is needed is required to join.

What defines a milchemet mitzvah? The Gemara (Sotah 44b) gives only one example: the war Yehoshua waged to conquer the Land of Israel. Rambam adds two other examples (Hilchot Melachim 5:1): “What is considered milchemet mitzvah? This is the war against the Seven Nations [to conquer the Land], the war against Amalek, and saving Israel from an enemy who attacks them.”

The Ramban expands the category of milchemet mitzvah. Based on his understanding that Bamidbar 33:53 (“And you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the Land, and dwell therein . . .”) is an imperative and not a promise, the Ramban includes in his list of mitzvot that he believes Rambam omitted a commandment to conquer and settle the Land of Israel (positive mitzvah 4). Because of this, he understands the Gemara’s example of Yehoshua’s war to conquer the Land not as specific, but as paradigmatic, and thus any war to liberate the Land of Israel is a milchemet mitzvah.⁶ The Ramban explicitly says that this applies in every generation, implying that there is no requirement for a king, Beit Hamikdash, Sanhedrin, et cetera.

Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg (d. 2006; Tzitz Eliezer 3:9:2:10 and 3:9:2: summary:16) says that based on this Ramban, the wars of the State of Israel to liberate and maintain control of the Land are milchemet mitzvah and (7:48: Kuntrus Orchot Hamishpatim:12) that because Israel is under constant attack, Rambam would agree that Israel’s wars are milchemet mitzvah. Rabbi Waldenberg sees the ability to help in the mitzvah of the war effort as an additional reason, among many.

Rabbi Zevin, in his 1957 revision of his 1946 L’Ohr HaHalachah, added a paragraph (p. 64 in the 2004 reprint) in which he asserted that the 1948 War of Independence was a milchemet mitzvah because it was both saving the Jews from an attacking enemy (Rambam) and conquering the Land of Israel (Ramban).

The ability to force the terrorists off their mobile phones and onto pagers and push-to-talk radios was a flash of brilliance – and extraordinarily audacious. Not only did it injure thousands of terrorists, but also identified them and their commanders

 

Israel has proved it has the most impressive military in the world

 

Whatever one’s views on Israeli operations in Gaza and Lebanon hitherto, from a military and a security perspective the operation to take down the Hezbollah command and control networks is singularly extraordinarily impressive.

This is not some hastily-construed mission in the wake of the genocidal attacks by Hamas as witnessed in the immediate aftermath of October 7, but a highly sophisticated strike clearly coordinated with years of intricate and synchronised intelligence gathering – allowing Israel to map the terrorists from top to bottom.

We will probably never know the full extent of the intelligence behind the dismantling of the Hezbollah military network, but having been involved in similar operations against Al Qaeda, ISIS and the Taliban I know it will be deep, varied and comprehensive. No doubt the “Human Intelligence” operators, spies to you and me, have been embedded in Lebanon for years.

This is the indirect approach to military operations, devised by British tank commander Basil Liddell Hart, as a way to conduct operations and avoid the hideous level of casualties he experienced in WW1. At its heart is doing what the enemy will never expect, attacking weakness and reinforcing success.

The ability to force the terrorists off their mobile phones and onto pagers and push-to-talk radios was a flash of brilliance – and extraordinarily audacious. Not only did it injure thousands of terrorists, but also identified them and their commanders

This knowledge was then used by the Israelis who in the last 7 days have systematically taken out their leaders, culminating today with the announcement that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is no more. Equally impressive is the hold that the nation has over the Ayatollahs in Tehran, who have pretty much stood by and thrown Hezbollah under the proverbial Israeli juggernaut. They are no doubt fearful that Israel might take the fight to Iran, which the US would likely turn a blind eye to.

There will be many siren voices from the military academic community asking why, if Israel can manage to virtually obliterate a terrorist organisation, the UK failed to do the same in Iraq and Afghanistan. The answer is threefold. Firstly, the Israelis seem pretty much unencumbered by rules of engagement which always hamstrung our operations in the Middle East. Secondly, the IDF seem to be undeterred by their politicians who appear to accept extraordinary levels of civilian casualties and collateral damage. And thirdly, this is an existential fight for the survival of the Israeli state which was never the case in Iraq and Afghanistan for us.

However, the coalition operation led by the US and including the UK to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria between 2015 to 2017 was not dissimilar, and effectively culminated in the defeat of the jihadists.   This time I was supporting the Iraqi Kurd military, the Peshmerga on the ground, rather than as a British soldier, with the coalition providing precision strikes and intelligence on an industrial scale without having boots on the ground. Again, with generous rules of engagement and all those around ISIS considered combatants, collateral damage and casualties were not significant issues.

The implications of today’s action cannot be understated. Israel has seized the initiative in the most extraordinary manner, and this demonstration of military brilliance may well even convince Tehran to direct its other terror proxy Hamas to release the remaining hostages and sue for peace across the region. We can only hope.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-proved-most-impressive-military-115439222.html