{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Laws of War and Peace with Rav Shlomo Katz","title":"14. The Torah Knows Jews Are Too Compassionate for This War","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/271fa778\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3684,"description":"“We are rachmanim bnei rachmanim.”\nAgain and again throughout this shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David return to that reality: the Jewish people are compassionate by nature. And precisely because of that, the Torah forces us to confront Amalek over and over again.\nMoving through Shaul HaMelech’s mercy on Agag, the obligation of Parshas Zachor, October 7th, the moral confusion surrounding modern warfare, and Rav Shmuel Eliyahu’s understanding of Amalek in our generation, this conversation wrestles honestly with one of the hardest Torah topics imaginable.\nNot as a political discussion. Not as slogans. But as Torah.\nA raw and emotionally charged shiur about compassion, survival, responsibility, and why the Torah insists that evil must still be recognized clearly, even by a people whose instinct is mercy. \n----------\nFor more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.com\nJoin Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t\nCHAPTERS\n00:00 Opening Sponsorships and Memorials\n01:37 Brandon’s Question: Call to Action for Shlav Bet\n04:21 Compassion and the Obligation to Eradicate Amalek\n07:39 Recent Chayal Killed in Lebanon — A Tragedy\n09:27 The Danger of Forgetting Amalek and Shaul’s Failure\n15:16 Gemara on Yoav Killing Only Amalek Males\n17:03 Modern Amalek: Estimating Numbers in Gaza\n20:28 Halacha: Prioritizing Parshas Zachor Over Megillah\n23:21 The Moral Question of Conscripting Our Youth\n26:27 Why Parshas Zachor Holds a Solemn Obligation\n27:29 Listening to the Cry of the Yishmaeli Child\n35:21 Modern Definition of Amalek: From Nations to Individuals\n40:12 Category Errors in the Amalek Debate\n42:19 First Aid Priority: The Collapsed Building Lesson\n45:16 Identifying Threats Beyond Amalek\n46:38 Root Issue: Rebuilding the Temple\n49:11 Redefining Amalek in Modern Context\n50:43 Drawing the Line on Individual Amalek\n54:57 Essential Mitzvah: Survival (V’chai Bahem)\n56:08 Choosing...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/A3P9O2jywzkeEJx00yQRvvqXa7eGstzayvsittORVjA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hNTAy/MzFlNGIwYjc3ZmE5/OTQ3NTQ3NmQwZGFl/NjRlZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}