Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pegasus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!ahuta!pegasus!naiman From: naiman@pegasus.UUCP (Ephrayim J. Naiman) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Dvar Torah (Zachor) Message-ID: <2137@pegasus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 13:56:38 EST Article-I.D.: pegasus.2137 Posted: Wed Feb 27 13:56:38 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Mar-85 05:47:17 EST References: <2135@pegasus.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft NJ Lines: 20 > The Malbim explains it > somewhat differently, more in line with the first two. The third reason > for war is to gain "glory" by attacking a nation that is seen as being > powerful or important and defeating it. But you had just come out of > Egypt and were weak, and they could gain no such glory by attacking you. They may have been weak but -- A) Who says anyone else knew that ? B) Even if people knew that the Israelites were tired, it still would have been glorious to defeat them because of their triumphs over Egypt. I'd say that the "Splitting of the Reed Sea" could be viewed as powerful even though it wasn't the people who did it. -- ==> Ephrayim J. Naiman @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6259 Paths: [ihnp4, allegra, ahuta, maxvax, cbosgd, lzmi, ...]!pegasus!naiman