{"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":"11. We Don’t Wait for Danger: The Law of Preventive War","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ecad1aa0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2795,"description":"Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David explore one of the most urgent Torah questions of our generation:\nWhat does the Torah actually demand from Am Yisrael when danger is rising?\nThrough the lens of הלכות מלחמה, Rav Shlomo learns the Rambam, Gemara, and Shulchan Aruch on מלחמת מצוה, לא תעמוד על דם רעך, and the obligation not only to respond to danger… but to prevent it.\nFrom October 7th to the roads of Shomron, from “quiet for quiet” to the spiritual confusion of exile-thinking, this conversation is a painful and clarifying look at what it means for a Jew to stop normalizing threat and start thinking like a nation entrusted with life.\nThis episode was given with deep love for Am Yisrael, for our holy chayalim, and for a generation trying to rediscover what Jewish responsibility really means.\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 Blessings, Memorials, and Dedication\n03:48 Personal Reflections: Happy and Sad on the Road to Yitzhar\n06:21 Source of עזרת ישראל מיד צר in Tanach and Rambam\n12:12 Gemara’s Three Categories of War: Reshut, Mitzvah, Chova\n13:58 Obligatory War According to Rabbi Aha and Joshua’s Conquests\n19:49 Modern Threats: Iran, Qatar, and Immediate Danger\n22:28 Thunder Metaphor: Spiritual Shock After October 7\n27:41 Preventive War and Milchemet Mitzvah Explained\n32:04 Rules of Engagement vs Torah Thinking\n36:18 The Deeper Meaning of לא תעמוד על דם רעך\n41:02 Vivian Silver and the Confusion of Compassion\n43:09 Golda Meir’s “Secret Weapon” Reconsidered","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}