Stay Safe

Day 222: "If Someone Wishes to Kill You, Get Up Early and Kill Him First"

I've done it, I've found a section I never want to experience. I never want to get away with murder,

Today I learned that if someone is threatening you, it's okay in Judaism to eliminate the threat before they hurt you. Hence the title: "if someone wishes to kill you, get up early and kill him first."

Israel as a country used this tactic/Talmudic ruling in 1967 when they preemptively attacked some of the Arab nations that had been threatening her. Israel also preemptively attacked an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 to eliminate the immediate threat of Iraq obtaining an atomic bomb.

Stay safe, my friends.