Comments on: Op-Ed: Ais Milchomah / A Time for War

By: BOND

BOND — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:03:30 +0000

LIKE # 1 SAID ===
REMEMBER THESE THREE WORDS AND BELIEVE IN THEM AS THEY DO WORK MIRACLES…
EIN OYD BILVADO

By: sayitlikeitis

sayitlikeitis — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:07:16 +0000

If it was an ” Ais Milchomah ” why haven’t the gedolim demanded that their best talmidim put down their gemaras and take the leadership of the army. We should learn from the actions of the gedolim.

WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE GER REBBE who called his bochurim back from Chanukah vacation and to the beis medresh. If the chayalim are on the front, we the spiritual soldiers must be at our shtenders.
BTW if u are a follower of the hashkafa of Rav Yakov Kaminetsky z”tl, he said that the milchamos mitzvah began in 1948 and will continue till the footsteps of Moshiach are heard in Yerushayalim..

By: askan

askan — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:21:01 +0000

It is inexplicable that in the midst of what most call a WAR, we are forced to read this pathetic debate by our own Yidin,on whether or not to support the heroic soldiers who clearly defend Artzainu Hakdoshah and Am Yisoel.
Are you guys serious???
The Arab world and the UN, as the writer correctly points out, has no problem with our immediate demise.
So whats our problem?
It seems that the same usual self- righteous
“know it all” posters
(you know who you are) contribute very little else besides criticism. We need Z’chusim now.
Rockets falling on our towns, injure and kill OUR people. Even the most ardent anti-Zionist realizes this truth. Hamas wont rest until we are all dead. The Israeli Government are far from Tzadikim but right now the situation requires unity.Even the opportunistic opposition parties (Bibi)understand this.
Must we wait until all of Eretz Yisroel is R’l burning before we figure out thats its us against them?
In a war-
Those who can fight with weapons should do so.
Those who can contribute to the spiritual cause must do so. Ish k’matnas Yodoi.Each person according to his hand. We are KLAL yisroel!!!

We have a centuries long history of War.
There were always warriors supported by the Bnai Hayeshiva.Read your Tanach.
What we must not tolerate is anything less than total Achdus-today and every day.
What you must not do especially now- is speak ill of Yidin.

By: cleverjewishpun

cleverjewishpun — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:59:04 +0000

And of course our closet Neturi Karta member Akuperma has come out and told us exactly what the Gedolim are thinking.

How lucky are the members of this site to have such an insight.

How dare you, while you sit from behind your computer monitor there are children in Gaza being Moser Nefesh so that people can live in saftey.

How dare you say that the only way their mission has meaning is if Gedoli Yisrael lead them into battle.

By: Joe Schmo

Joe Schmo — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:14:29 +0000

To commenter #6-

First of all the writer of the article accused the israelis of aggression against their own and called their behavior criminal
Hardly zionist.
Secondly.
There was no comparison to the army of today to the chashmonoyim. We are invoking their siyata dshmays for help in todays battle.

The bottom line is now is a time to stay together to fight the rashaim hamas. Doesn’t make the israelis tzadikim.

By: tzippi

tzippi — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:31:31 +0000

3, 6, the soldiers are there and when we have to daven for them and their success. As I just commented elsewhere, the face of the Israeli soldier is the face of any of our beautiful children. Maybe it’s because I’m a mother so I will gladly daven for another mother’s children.

And true, the gedolim aren’t telling yeshivaleit to close their sefarim. Of course their’s is the avoda that truly counts. But the army isn’t telling the soldiers to put down their arms and open a sefer, so let’s support them in the meanwhile, and let’s welcome the soldiers who do spend time in our batei medrashim with open arms.

By: Thinking out loud

Thinking out loud — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:03:00 +0000

To whom it may concern:

I love my children.
All my children.
And if you think that THEY need to do teshuva…
Maybe you should check out MY BIG BOOK.

Here’s some quotes:
.Col Haposel B’mumo Posel
.V’Ya’asu Kulam Agudah Echas La’asos retzonecha B’layvav Shalem
.Ma Tovu Oholecha Yaakov Mishkenosecha Yisroel
.Hinei Ma Tov u’mah na-im sheves achim gam YACHAD

Peace out my children.
I’m proud of you.

…. Avicha, Malkecha (THE AUTHOR of the big BOOK)

By: YosHChayal

YosHChayal — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:03:02 +0000

This is truly a Milchemet Mitzvah no doubt about that, READ THE RAMBAM!

By: thehocker

thehocker — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:01:58 +0000

gut gezugt

By: daasbaalhabayis

daasbaalhabayis — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:29:24 +0000

#1 and #3 – i agree with you totally – this is not our war – while of course our tefilos are that everyone should be safe its not the role of yidden in galus to be making wars hopefully we should already see the day when “hashem yilachem lachem” – i cant understand how anyone would compare this to the chashmonaim – dont you realize that these zionists were the ones who stood against klal yisroel in the time of the chashmonaim and have been fighting us ever since, sure they may have different uniforms, then they called themselves misyavnim and today tziyonim but they are one and the same – may we be redeemed from the bitter golus under them