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Does the Torah Recognize the Existence of "Innocent Civilians"?
Manage episode 406831782 series 2857485
Modern-day nations – Israel chief among them – avoid harming 'innocent civilians.' But do such people exist? If they did, why did G-d punish the Egyptians as a collective? After all, the plagues affected every Egyptian, not just the guilty. Indeed, the Plague of the Firstborn even affected foreign captives in Egyptian jails according to the Midrash!
588 episodes
Manage episode 406831782 series 2857485
Modern-day nations – Israel chief among them – avoid harming 'innocent civilians.' But do such people exist? If they did, why did G-d punish the Egyptians as a collective? After all, the plagues affected every Egyptian, not just the guilty. Indeed, the Plague of the Firstborn even affected foreign captives in Egyptian jails according to the Midrash!
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