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The Book of Deuteronomy – ‫חומש דברים‬ 42

Torah Portion Ki TeTze

"When you go out to war against your enemies, and God your God
will deliver them into your hands." (21:10)

Our Sages noticed that in this verse it is written "when you (sg.) go out" in the
singular and one needs to learn from here that it is possible to beat the enemies
only when the nation of Israel is united.

Even in the time of King Achav (Ahab) when everyone was idol-worshippers,
they would win in the wars because they were united.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk would say:

The Torah wrote:
"When you go out to war against your enemies" in order to teach us that we
need to go out to war and to strike the enemy on his own land.

And so too, one needs to fight against the evil inclination.

One needs to go out to war against him to distance him from your border and not
to let him come close.

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