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Let’s try. At the beginning, the VERY beginning of Yehoshua, we find explicitly ?? ???? ??? ????? ??? ???? ????? ?? ???? ?????. That was said to the conquering general and army. That was to be the main mission of the nation. And it was.

We find Nach replete with meforshim saying how diligent they were in regard to Torah study. How generals at war had Torah on their mouths and mind. David haMelech would “talk in learning” when visiting with kings. ?????? ??????? ??? ?????. Anyone remember the query how an amputee does Chalitza? Or ???? ???, or ????? ???? ????? ?????, where these questions were asked? In the field, while running, engaging the enemy… As EOM (end of message?) so eloquently wrote: Torah was and is as much of a fabric of Jewish life as involuntary human reflexes.