Six-Day War vs. Yom Kippur War: The BIG Difference! Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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I'll get that. >> Okay, so Joe reminded me uh of something that I saw earlier in the week. I uh I got distracted, so it wasn't going to be in the um in the schedule for today, but uh Joe reminded me. On the possuk ki seitzei l'milchama aleivacha. The Or Hachaim Hakadosh, of course, says this is referring to the war against the yetzer hara. But, I recently uh got a sefer this past week. It's called Me Minei Michael. He has a very interesting observation of the difference between the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War. Why was it in the Six-Day War we had such phenomenal supernatural success? And in the Yom Kippur War we were almost reeling. And it was a miracle that the Yishuv survived. How do you account for the discrepancy between the wild victory of the Six-Day War and uh what happened during the Yom Kippur War? And the Gerer Rebbe, the Bais Yisrael, said the difference is very simple and clear. The difference is found in the opening of this week's parsha. Did you notice in the opening of this week's parsha ki seitzei l'milchama aleivacha, what's the result? Unsonai Hashem Elokecha b'yadecha. Hashem's going to deliver them in your hands. You're going to be victorious. You'll be you'll take spoils. And you'll you can even take the yefas to'ar. Over a wild victory. You go out to war. Unsonai Hashem Elokecha b'yadecha v'shavisa shivya. And yet you look in parshas Balak, it says v'chi savoi umilchama b'artzechem, when war comes to your land, al hatzar hatzar acheim, you'll blow the trumpets, you'll be remembered before Hashem, you'll be saved. I don't

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1. 0:00I'll get that. >> Okay, so Joe reminded me uh of something that I saw earlier…
2. 0:31week. It's called Me Minei Michael. He has a very interesting observation of the difference between…
3. 1:01How do you account for the discrepancy between the wild victory of the Six-Day War and…
4. 2:04understand. In this week's parsha, you go out to war, bam! When the son you have…
5. 2:36with the shirt on your back. Says the guy Rebbe. The difference lies in where the…
6. 3:36they struck you first. They came into your land. You were unprepared. Now you have to…
7. 4:08made the first blow, we were proactive. The best defense is a good offense. Everybody knows,…
8. 4:38the difference between the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War is the Six-Day War it…
9. 5:38let me control my anger." Now, you're done. You're finished. You need to You need to…
10. 6:09If you want to win a war, if you want to be successful in war, it's…

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