Reply To: Torah vs. IDF

drszooger- in number 4- that’s only by milchemes reshus. I don’t think there are exemptions for milchemes shel mitzvah. And even a milchemes reshus, many meforshim explain that being afraid means those who are afraid of sin. In other words, the talmidei chachamim are the ones who fight. Obviously, it’s the Torah that protects us, but it seems that the Torah that the Talmidei Chachamim learn will make them better soldiers, and they are the ones who should fight. That’s how the Torah protects us. Not with the Am Aratzim on the front lines and the talmidei chachamim in the beis medrash- it’s with the talmidei chachamim themselves on the front lines.