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Q&A: Beheading in the Council of Torah Sages?

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Beheading in the Council of Torah Sages?

Question

Hello Rabbi,
Following the terrible disaster of the Simchat Torah massacres, there will also likely arise a wave of accusations and investigations against the political and military leadership. At the end of the war, commissions of inquiry will be established, and heads will probably roll (metaphorically).
In the Haredi public, people avoid serving in the army. One of the main arguments for avoiding service is based on the claim that Torah study in yeshivot and kollels contributes to the defense of the settlement no less than military service. Those making this claim cite the words of the Sages on the verse, “A thousand from each tribe, a thousand from each tribe,” from which they derive that in wartime the people are divided into two: half are supposed to fight and half to engage in Torah study (see here, for example: https://www.yeshiva.org.il/wiki/index.php/%D7%92%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA).
Given that this assumption is correct, should a commission of inquiry also be established on the spiritual side, similar to the commission of inquiry on the political and military side? Should lessons also be drawn there, and conceptions changed? Can one demand that someone from the members of the “Council of Torah Sages” resign?
If the spiritual protection did not help and such a massacre occurred, on whom and on what should the blame be placed, on the spiritual side?
 

Answer

This question has already come up here, in a joking tone. In your case, it seems to be asked seriously. Since in my opinion this assumption is not correct, I see no point in speaking on behalf of those who hold it. I would only note that the fact that no one is really troubled by this once again proves what I have written more than once: that no one really believes it.   

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