Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel on Conquering Gaza and War on the Sabbath

Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel explains the true reason for war, and why waging war supersedes even

the Holy Sabbath.

Rabbi Kashtiel is the head of the High Yeshiva of Army Veterans in the settlement of Elit.

His voice is by no means marginal.

Besides being a religious authority, Rabbi Kashtiel belongs to the religious Zionist

movement, a major power in Israel, and especially in the military and political arena.

Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel explains the true reason for war, and why waging war supersedes even

the Holy Sabbath.

Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel explains the true reason for war, and why waging war supersedes even

the Holy Sabbath.

Rabbi Kashtiel explains the true reason for war, and why waging war supersedes even the

Kibbush, the Gaza Strip, is certainly the Land of Israel, in all respects.

Also, according to the views that narrow the southern border of the Land of Israel,

Rabbi Saadi HaGaon said that the southern border of the Land of Israel reaches Nachal El Arish.

Nachal El Arish is many, many, many kilometers after the Gaza Strip.

This is the narrow border.

Rashi, HaGaon from Vilna, Hakuzari,

they say that it is up to Nachal Mitzrayim,

meaning up to the delta of Aninus.

We still have a lot to do.

All of northern Sinai is ours.

But even if we go according to the narrow views of Rabbi Saadi HaGaon,

it is certain that the Gaza Strip,

what is called in the Tanakh the Land of Pilgrims,

is part of the Land of Israel.

In the Toldot Parashah, which we read last week,

it was said to Isaac,

Live in this Land.

Live in this Land, in what Land?

The Ramban says, in the Land of Pilgrims.

This is what the holy Orachayim say about the parashah.

You have to live here.

This is the Land of Israel.

You will buy the land,

you will control the territories,

and Israel, Isaac, in the Land of Israel,

in the Land of Israel, in Grar,

in the place where the Pilgrims are.

The Land of Pilgrims is the Gaza Strip.

Even a little more.

We must remember that in the first place,

we are not only engaged in self-defense and not in self-defense.

In the first place, we came here,

because this is our Land.

In order to protect the Jewish people from attacks,

we don't have to be here.

The turning point is not because the enemies are evil,

and not because they threaten us,

and therefore we have no choice.

No.

Even if we had a choice,

and they don't threaten us at all.

It is a commandment.

It is a complete obligation

to conquer our Land.

If not in peace, then in the ways of war.

Joshua Ben-Nun,

who, as Rambam says here,

opened the war on his own will,

was not attacked.

No one shot arrows at Joshua Ben-Nun.

No one attacked him.

The people of Israel sat across the Jordan,

and no one threatened them.

His will is closed and closed,

there is no exit and no return.

If someone shot an arrow at the people of Israel

who were in the desert,

across the Jordan,

they would not threaten us.

We conquered.

We came here on our own initiative,

and we conquered his Land.

On Shabbat, because this is our Land.

And we conquered the whole Land,

not because we were threatened.

David expanded the borders of the Land,

and conquered,

not because he was threatened.

For a long time he was not threatened,

he was conquered.

Why was he conquered?

Because there is a commandment,

to conquer the Land.

On Shabbat.

The fact that the Holy One Blessed be He

says that there are enemies here

who do not submit to us,

is to teach us

that we need to conquer.

The Holy One Blessed be He

will not submit,

and will not be silent,

until we conquer

the whole Holy Land.

So he will bring us enemies from here

and enemies from there,

who behave in a way that is not logical at all.

But we need to understand what we are doing.

All that there are enemies around,

is to teach us

that there is still land here that we have not conquered.

And wherever we need to go,

there will be an enemy there.

Who will come to us to invite us there.

To call us, come.

Come, this is your Land, come and take it.

If you do not understand on your own,

then the Holy One Blessed be He will send you enemies

to teach you.

Why?

The war is not to subjugate the enemy.

Not to subjugate the enemy.

It is also important to subjugate him.

But the ultimate goal

is to conquer the Land of Israel.

Even if today,

no one will shoot at us

from the northern region,

we are from Nadin, from the side of the Torah,

we need to conquer at least until Beirut.

Minimum.

These are the most negative opinions

of the northern border of the Land of Israel.

They speak about the Beirut region.

There is a high mountain there.

Some say that it is the light of the mountain.

Some say it is more to the north.

Many Rishonim say

that it is the end of Gittin, the first part.

Many say that it is

up to Turus Amonus,

it is even more to the north.

It is already a Turkish border,

because it is forbidden now in the north.

The Turks despise us.

Why do they despise us?

Why are they against us?

The land of Beirut is important to us.

You need to get there.

The Hezbollah

will not shoot at us

for no reason.

Because there is the camp of Asher,

which is waiting for us there.

The tribe of Asher,

their camp is there,

and their footstool is next to it.

There is our territory there.

We need to get there.