במעשה גלית כתוב בספר שמואל (א’ י”ז ח’):
ויעמד ויקרא אל מערכת ישראל ויאמר להם למה תצאו לערך מלחמה הלוא אנכי הפלשתי ואתם עבדים לשאול, וגומר.
מהו “מערכות ישראל”? כתב במצודות מלשון סדרי החיל. וכעת א”ל אחד דעוד יש לפרש, שגם טרם מלך שאול “ראש שבטי ישראל” נסדרו “צבאות” מקומיות להגנה, והם שבאו לעמק האלה, ( וכמו שהיה לפני פרוץ המדינה בימינו, אצ”ל, לח”י, הגנה.)
Here’s a story by “Myrtle Rising” illustrating what wonderful Eretz Yisra’el is really like most of the time.
Highly recommended for content and style.
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If you are a bilingual speaking with a Hebrew-speaker in their language, and you notice their attention waning during a monologue, drop in a foreign word. If you don’t know which words have entered their vocabulary yet, just pop in any English word with a Hebrewish accent and ending, and hope they catch your drift.
This goes for the more modern, intellectual types (and virtually all seculars). They pride themselves on their cosmopolitanism.
I don’t want to go into the topic as a whole here, but to refute one common claim thereof.
In reference to the recent nationwide protests against Charedi conscription, which involved blocking traffic, I have heard it said that even if this was effective and/or likely to be so, and was the only way to be effective (as opposed to, say, protesting by the PM’s house, etc.) and even if the goal was a worthy one (and feel free to add a few more conditionals), the protests constitute a “Mitzvah by way of an Aveirah”: Why should anyone have to wait six hours in traffic because of the “Cause”?
Arguendo, etc., I disagree. If something makes Hashem smile, His creations should bear the discomfort willingly, and smile, too, at the opportunity.
If you pay for someone else’s Mitzvah, even unknowingly, by Oness, you receive a Divine reward, as with any Mitzvah done by several partners. If, however, knowing what’s going on, you regret the Mitzvah, you forfeit the reward.
I think my point is clear, even without fleshing it out.