The Elliot Resnick Show
The controversial former chief editor of The Jewish Press interviews fighters and firebrands in the political and cultural battlefields.
The Elliot Resnick Show
Does the Torah Recognize the Existence of "Innocent Civilians"?
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Episode 45
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Modern-day nations – Israel chief among them – avoid harming "innocent civilians." But do such people exist? If they did, why did G-d punish the Egyptians as a collective? After all, the plagues affected every Egyptian, not just the guilty. Indeed, the Plague of the Firstborn even affected foreign captives in Egyptian jails according to the Midrash!