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Fwd: Officer and Soldier


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From: Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman <webadmin@kehotpublicationsociety.ccsend.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 8:20 AM
Subject: Officer and Soldier
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Parshat Ki Teitzei / September 11, 2024 / Elul 8, 5784

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Dear Friend,


An insight by the Rebbe on parshat Ki Teitzei, selected from our Daily Wisdom, by Rabbi Moshe Wisnefsky.


Officer and Soldier

When a man takes a new wife, he must not go out in

the army, nor must he be obligated to do anything.

He must be exempted to his home for one year and

gladden his wife whom he has taken. (Deut. 24:5)


An army requires both officers and soldiers; the officers organize

the troops and supply them with provisions and ammunition; the soldiers go out to battle. The same is true of the spiritual army into which we have all been drafted by G-d in order to combat the enemies of Divine consciousness.


But whereas in a physical army, the roles of officers and soldiers

are often mutually exclusive, in the spiritual army, all of us must be both. On the one hand, we are "officers" who must supply both ourselves and others with the required spiritual provisions and ammunition – broad and sophisticated knowledge of the Torah and its commandments. On the other hand, we are also "soldiers" who must go out to battle – fulfilling the commandments ourselves and encouraging others to do likewise – demonstrating the same discipline and obedience that characterizes the simple soldier.


It is G-d's ability to be both aloof from the world and intimately involved with it that enables us to play both roles, sophisticated officer and humble soldier

--Daily Wisdom Volume 3


May G-d grant resounding victory and peace in the Holy Land.


Gut Shabbos,

Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman

Kehot Publication Society


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