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kills another may not duchen, as the pasuk says,
(Yeshayahu 1:15) "When you spread out your palms,
I will hide My eyes from you." Some hold this
only applies to killing a Jew; others hold it
applies to both a Jew or a non-Jew, & includes a
Jew serving in a foreign army. But Rav Ovadia
Yosef, quoting the pasuk, "One who comes to kill
you, kill him first," rules that a chayal in the
IDF who kills an enemy soldier/terrorist may
duchen. "Indeed, he writes, "if the soldier
hesitates in opening fire, who knows how many
Jews would be killed, & he will have transgressed
the prohibition, ‘Do not stand idly by your
brothers’ blood.’ Hashem has granted the soldier
the merit to eliminate the terrorists – who wish
to murder all of our people - & save his fellow
Jews before they are harmed. For sure he will be
rewarded in Heaven for his heroic act." May
Hashem protect our holy soldiers from harm &
grant them victory in their courageous struggle.
Pirkei Avot between Pesach and Shavuot
Rabbi Berel Wein | 5769
5. Weddings and Engagements during the Omer Period
Chapter 3: Customs of Mourning during the Omer Period
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tishrei 30 5782
Kiddush Levanah
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 10 5782
Shehecheyanu, Clothes, and Renovations During Sefira
Rabbi Daniel Mann
Reassuring His Parents – #314 – part I
Date and Place: 23 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Iyar 5785
Daf Yomi Makkot Daf 22
R' Eli Stefansky | 2 Iyar 5785
Daf Yomi Shevuot Daf 2
R' Eli Stefansky | 5 Iyar 5785
