ביאור:שלום ומלחמה - ניתוח הפרשה: הבדלים בין גרסאות בדף

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רש"י] פירש כך: " {{צפ|תוכן=אם עשית כל האמור בענין, סוף שה' נותנה בידך}} "; הקריאה לשלום היא ה"סגולה" הטובה ביותר לניצחון במלחמה; ויש לתמוה על כל האנשים שמחפשים סגולות של הבל (חומריות או רוחניות) ושוכחים את הסגולה העיקרית. '''

'' Translated from'' [[ביאור:שלום ומלחמה - ניתוח הפרשה|'' Hebrew'' ]] '' by '' '' Princess Merav (princessmerav @ hotmail.com)'' '' .'' <div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

Deuteronomy 20:10-18 :<div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

: The passage does not mention the reason for the war, and whether or not it is permitted to have a war whenever we want to or only under specific conditions and circumstances. This question is a whole other debatable question. Anyway, if a decision to wage war has been taken - whatever the reason may be - we must do so according to the laws that are detailed in this biblical passage.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

: We must call out for peace only when we approach the city. We cannot be satisfied only with a general call for peace to all the cities together, because naturally a person cannot be aware of danger until it is really close to him. If we call out to a city for peace when we are far away from it - it is probable that it will refuse, and it is normal and we cannot blame it for that. If we call out to a city for peace when we are close to it - there are more chances that she will agree to it.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

: The Bible teaches us that to differentiate between cities. A city in biblical times had residents in the amount of a few hundreds to a few thousand people, namely - like a neighbourhood or a village nowadays. Namely: on one hand, the Bible does not require us to judge each member of the adversary-nation individually, nor to call out for peace to every single person, because this would be impossible. However, on the other hand, the Bible does obligate us to consider each city as a separate entity. Even if the majority of a certain nation, state (or “Authority”) is our enemy - we are still obligated to treat each city individually, and to give each city the opportunity to make up with us separately.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

: The first possibility that the Bible presents is - that the city will respond positively to our offer for peace. Usually, when there are two possibilities, the favoured and ideal possibility is introduced first. This is also demonstrated in the passage about the blessings and the curses - first of all the blessings are mentioned (“ '''and it will be that if you listen to Hashem, your G-d, ... and these blessings shall come upon you...''' ”), in other words: if you obey G-d - everything will be well. If not - then we will find a way to solve the problem... Here, as well, the ambition is that the city will agree to make up with us. If it agrees - everything will be well. If not - then we will already think about how to react next...<div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

: But with the entire goal of the Bible to achieve peace - it does not allow for unconditional peace. Precisely due to the fact that peace is so important to the Bible, it is not satisfied with peace as a nice word written on paper. The Bible insists on actions, which will prove that the opponent-city really is interested in achieving peace. The Bible requires three deeds:<div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

'''But if it does not make peace with you, but makes war with you''' : If the city does not make peace, there is only one more possibility - which is that it will fight us, and if not immediately, then later on. There is no third way to solve the problem; there is no possibility of “cold war” in our region.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

: It is necessary to kill all the “males”, and to keep the “women” and “small children” alive. According to this interpretation, “male” means all the men who are capable to function independently, without being taken care of. We must kill all of these men, in order to totally neutralize the ability of the city to fight in the coming years and in the near future.<div style="text-align: left;">