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Mia’s D’Var Torah
Shabbat Shalom:
Do you know anything about war? My Torah portion is about war and who should go to war. How many people do you know have gone to war? I have lots of family members who have served in the military and some have even gone to war. The lesson I would like to talk about today is from Deuteronomy Shof’tim 20:1-9. Here is a quote from it. “What man has built a new house and not dedicated it? What man has planted a vineyard and not harvested it? What man has betrothed a woman but not married her. They shall all return home. And they won’t go to war.
This is a very important part of the portion because it’s about who should go to war and who shouldn’t. If you haven’t gotten married, haven’t harvested a vineyard or haven’t lived in a new house, you should not go to war. You should not go to war because how is it fair to you? It’s not fair because if you have worked hard to harvest a vineyard and then you are called to war, someone else will harvest the wine from your vineyard. Or if you have a fiancé and are getting ready to get married and then you are called to war, you should not have to go. If you do not come back, some else will marry your fiancé and that is not fair to you.
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