Machshava:

Torah 

Parsha:

Chukat 

Description

We would never authorize violating Shabbat, consuming non-kosher food, stealing, or forgoing mitzvot between Jews for the sake of studying Torah. How, then, has it become acceptable that Torah study trumps the law of pikuach nefesh – saving a life – and of milchemet mitzva, defending our sovereign nation under attack?