Unlike milkhemet reshut wars, which tended to be fought to expand territory or for economic reasons and had exemption clauses, milhemet mitzvah tended...
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and secular aspects of war (with divinely commanded wars known as Milkhemet Mitzvah), descriptions and considerations of what in modern times would be...
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examples of a "holy war" or "Commanded War" (Hebrew: מלחמת מצווה Milkhemet Mitzvah) in the eyes of Rabbinic Judaism at the time. He asserted that this...
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military jurisprudence Jihadism and hip-hop Jihad Cool Religious war Milkhemet Mitzvah John L. Esposito, ed. (2014). "Jihad". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam...
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State of Israel as falling within the Halakhic classification of Milkhemet Mitzvah. Nevertheless, he encouraged young students to remain in the Yeshivas...
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is usually referred to as a Milkhemet Mitzvah, a "compulsory war" which is obligated by the Torah or God, or a Milkhemet Reshut a "voluntary war". Burggraeve...
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wars against Amalek and the Seven Nations. Such wars are known as Milkhemet Mitzvah ("war by commandment" in Hebrew, or "Holy War") and any Israelite...
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