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We can not go about our days regularly while there's a war going on with our people.
Those who do not normally attend Minyan should be attending Minyanim now. Those who do not normally learn Torah should be learning Torah now. Those who may be lax in certain areas of kashrut must be extra careful during these times. Rav Shach said to his yeshiva before an impending war that the only advice was for everyone to improve themselves, especially in the areas of Limud Torah, Kashrut and Shemirat Shabbat.
Those who are learning already have to learn better. They have to use every minute of their learning time for learning and not talk about other things. Someone who has difficulty doing any particular mitzvah should say to himself, ‘I must strengthen myself now and do that mitzvah to help the situation. I have to be strong and overcome my laziness and Yetzer Harah.’
Someone once went to the Chafetz Chaim for a beracha and the Rabbi replied, “You're better off asking Shabbat for Beracha because it is the true source of all blessing.”
Rav Shach said keeping Shabbat properly will save us from war.
This Shabbat, we all have the opportunity to keep it the best we ever did, and that includes utilizing the time for learning and spirituality. The pasuk in Parashat Ki Tese says,
כִּי ה' אֱלוֹהֶיךָ מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֶךָ לְהַצִּילְךָ וְלָתֵת אֹיְבֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ
That Hashem will walk in the midst of our camp and save us from all of our enemies.
וְהָיָ֥ה מַחֲנֶ֖יךָ קָד֑וֹשׁ וְלֹֽא־יִרְאֶ֤ה בְךָ֙ עֶרְוַ֣ת דָּבָ֔ר
But first, our camp has to be holy and that comes about through dressing modestly.
Anyone who has difficulty with this mitzvah can help bring about protection and salvation by accepting to do the mitzvah properly. And even if the person is not able to do it permanently, at least do it now.
We have the greatest power of all- the One who created the world, the One who obliterated Mitzrayim, and the One who has defeated our enemies time and time again throughout the course of history.
All we need to do is His will. The first thing we have to realize is that we have nothing other than Hashem. There is no army that can help us. There are no powerful countries that can help us. The pasuk says,
אִם ה׳ לֹא־יִשְׁמׇר־עִ֝֗יר שָׁ֤וְא ׀ שָׁקַ֬ד שׁוֹמֵֽר
If Hashem does not guard the city, then all the efforts of the guards will be in vain.
We may have the best military personnel, the best strategies, the most sophisticated weapons and tanks, but if we don't have Hashem guarding, all of it is worthless.
Chazal tell us, in the end of days, the days preceding Mashiach, we must come to the realization of
אין לנו להשען אלא על אבינו שבשמים
that we have nothing else to rely upon other than our Father in heaven. We could accomplish that right now, in our own minds. We need to work on ourselves not to feel confident in the powers of man, but rather to know that all of man's strengths only come from Hashem.
Whatever He says goes. The armies will just be carrying out His will. If we really believe that, then we'll do our utmost to improve our deeds because that is what He wants.
B’Ezrat Hashem, in that zechut, we should see the Geula Shelemah B’Karov, Amen!
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