Q&A: Several Questions
Several Questions
Question
To our honored teacher, the Rabbi, may he live long and well,
Does the Rabbi happen to know of some place on the autism spectrum that centers on a person thinking he is right about everything because he is smart and has done great things, and therefore he erases anyone who does not think like him?
Or is there something similar in that regard?
A few halakhic questions:
A] Are soldiers allowed to take spoils of war under the “law of conquest” (Gittin 38a), seeing as the “conqueror” is the IDF? It requires further analysis in light of the law of one who rescues from a lion, since every house is burned after they “conquer” it…
B] Regarding Hanukkah just now: if soldiers are in a tank all night and eat and sleep there, can they light a Hanukkah candle in the tank with a blessing? Perhaps one could bring proof from the words of the halakhic decisors who discussed the case of a “prison,” which is a dwelling against one’s will…
With the blessing of a student from your writings
Answer
I’m not expert in diagnostics, but of course there are such types.
A. In straightforward halakhic terms, yes, but the law of the land says no.
B. It seems that in principle yes, but it is forbidden to light a fire in a tank.