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The Best Defense
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The Best DefenseThe Talmud teaches, “If someone rises to kill you, rise up to kill him first.” The Rebbe explains that this dictum of our sages is the only way for Israel to deal with its enemies who seek its destruction.
The Best Defense
Disc 148, Program 590
Event Date: 14 Adar 5729 - March 04, 1969
The Talmud teaches, “If someone rises to kill you, rise up to kill him first.” The Rebbe explains that this dictum of our sages is the only way for Israel to deal with its enemies who seek its destruction. The hope of achieving a measure of security through the United Nations, given the hypocritical attitude towards Israel which prevails there, is futile. Only when Israel demonstrates, with a show of force, that it stands ready to rise up and strike those who would attack it, can it prevent violent conflicts with its neighbors. If they are deterred from attempting attacks in the first place, there will be no need for actual use the force. |
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Anonymous
May 19, 2019
Dear Rabbi,
What if a group were about to attack your country, would it be just to attack them and potentially kill innocent people who wouldn't have played a part in killing you?
Thanks
Eliezer Zalmanov
for Chabad.org
May 19, 2019
In very general terms (because really this isn't something that can be addressed hypothetically): care must always be taken to avoid hurting the innocent.
Yisrael Abram
Chicago
December 2, 2024
How would one do that with bombs?
Tzvi-Gad
Sydney
December 25, 2015
pre-emption
Pre-emption is I think the word you were looking for, not defense.
The best deterrence is not having a capability to strike back, but the capability to pre-empt the enemy's completing his offensive plans.
This is why Shelomoh HaMelekh was said to have 16 million horses.
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