A Chareidi avreich, armed with a firearm, was the first to charge at the terrorists during the deadly shooting attack at the Ramot Junction.
He opened fire at the attackers and assisted in neutralizing them along with an off-duty IDF soldier who serves as squad commander in the IDF’s Chashmonaim Brigade for Chareidi soldiers.
Security camera footage shows the avreich running toward the terrorists and shooting, while dozens of civilians can be seen fleeing the scene in panic.
The avreich received his gun license a year ago.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Thanks to Ben-Gvir
Kol Hakavod to the brave charedim who put their lives at risk to take down these evil terrorists!
I’m hoping someone here can explain to me something:
According to the charedi understanding of “Torah magen umatzel”, why did hundreds of charedim flee the scene of the attack, and why did it take armed civilians and soldiers to kill the terrorists?
Shouldn’t have these Avrechem and Bnei Yeshivah instead pulled out their gemaras and protect themselves, the others in danger, AND EVEN THE SOLDIERS, with the power of their learning??
Furthermore, why are we showing admiration and gratitude to those who shot the terrorists? They were only neutralized through the power of Limud Hatorah.
There are those who will assume I’m mocking but I believe my questions deserve serious reflection. Those who claim Charedim shouldn’t go to the army are making a physical, practical, tangible claim. They argue that the power of Limmud Hatorah is a replacement for armed protection and, in fact, is superior. They say that despite a shortage of soldiers, Charedim shouldn’t serve because they are the actual ones protecting the soldiers, not the reverse. They say that the Iron Dome does more to take down rockets than the Iron Dome.
They aren’t making some abstract claim about the power of torah. They are being very direct that Torah is more important for PHYSICAL protection than weapons yet when there is an attack, they run away and let those with weapons protect them.