{"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":"10. Is This a Milchemet Mitzvah?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2acbc12b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2633,"description":"Recorded in the midst of painful and urgent questions surrounding war, leadership, and Jewish identity, this shiur dives into one of the deepest Torah concepts of our time: מלחמת מצווה.\nDrawing from Avraham Avinu, Yehoshua bin Nun, Rav Herzog, Rav Soloveitchik, and Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David explore what it actually means for Jews to fight a war with clarity, holiness, and purpose.\nIs defending Am Yisrael enough to define a war as holy? Does leadership need to understand why it’s fighting? And what happens when soldiers possess more אמונה than the people commanding them?\nFrom October 7th to Yehoshua stopping the sun in Givon, this episode wrestles honestly with the tension between Torah, Zionism, המדינה, and the spiritual destiny of Am Yisrael.\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 Remarks and Chuppah Experience\n01:00 Why Do We Fight? The Core Question\n03:05 Defining Milchemet Mitzvah vs. Reshut\n05:08 Exploring the Traits of the Patriarchs\n07:13 Joshua’s Conquests and Future Promise\n11:05 The Mystery of the Sun That Stood Still\n13:13 October 7th — Was It a Milchemet Mitzvah?\n21:28 Is the Conflict Considered Milchemet Amalek?\n24:10 Scope of Milchemet Mitzvah Explained\n25:32 Rav Herzog and the State of Israel\n31:10 Kol Dodi Dofek and the Zionist Debate\n36:40 The Tension Between Torah and State Leadership\n44:15 Can the Army Become Spiritually Aligned?\n50:20 The Bottom-Up Generation of Redemption\n54:00 Final Reflections and Closing Words","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}