Gilad+Shalit,+A+Heavy+Price+for+Freedom

= Gilad Shalit: A Heavy Price for Freedom =

אין פודין את השבויים יתר על כדי דמיהן Prisoners should not be redeemed for more than their value Gittin 4:6 =Part I:= media type="custom" key="10986768"

[|Read this article for some creative ideas on prisoner trades.]

Why are we giving in to lopsided prisoner exchanges? Look what Netanyahu used to do: media type="custom" key="11090942"

[|View this clip of Gilad's return]

=Part II:= Ahlam Tamimi, released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, targeted religious Jews when bombing the Sbarro Pizzeria in 2001, which killed 17 people. [|http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148956#.TqRC6ZvpfUA]

Who are the released terrorists? Murderers released upon humanity.

See part II of Gilad' Release: ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS ASIDE FROM LOPSIDED PRISONER SWAPS? media type="custom" key="11091168"

= Conclusion, **Nov 6, 2011:** Summary of Gilad Shalit and Egyptian peace treaty: = Bereshit 14:13-16: Leadership Through Time: Compare Netanyahu's and Begins' treaties and reactions with those of Avraham and Yehoshua in these two instances: 1. Who did Avraham make a Covenant with? Why? 2. What was Avraham's reaction to Lot's capture? = Sefer Yehoshua: What was Yehoshua's leadership? Moderate? Extreme? =
 * **יג ** וַיָּבֹא, הַפָּלִיט, וַיַּגֵּד, לְאַבְרָם הָעִבְרִי; וְהוּא שֹׁכֵן בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא הָאֱמֹרִי, אֲחִי אֶשְׁכֹּל וַאֲחִי עָנֵר, וְהֵם, בַּעֲלֵי בְרִית-אַבְרָם. || **13 ** And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew--now he dwelt by the valleys of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. ||
 * **יד ** וַיִּשְׁמַע אַבְרָם, כִּי נִשְׁבָּה אָחִיו; וַיָּרֶק אֶת-חֲנִיכָיו יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ, שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת, וַיִּרְדֹּף, עַד-דָּן. || **14 ** And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. ||
 * **טו ** וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו, וַיַּכֵּם; וַיִּרְדְּפֵם, עַד-חוֹבָה, אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל, לְדַמָּשֶׂק. || **15 ** And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. ||
 * **טז ** וַיָּשֶׁב, אֵת כָּל-הָרְכֻשׁ; וְגַם אֶת-לוֹט אָחִיו וּרְכֻשׁוֹ הֵשִׁיב, וְגַם אֶת-הַנָּשִׁים וְאֶת-הָעָם. || **16 ** And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Sefer Yehoshua, Chapter 9

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">In the [|9th Chapter] of //Sefer Yehoshua//, the //Givonim// come an offer to become servants of the Jewish people in exchange for peace. They do so under the guise of travellers who have come from an ארץ רחוקה מאוד<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> – a “very far off land” (9) and as evidence for their long journey, they show their stale bread and dried out wine sacks (12-13). The leaders of the Jewish people immediately accept.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The [|//RaDaK//] (Rav David Kimchi) explains in his commentary to verse 7 how it was even possible for peace to be made between the Jews and a Canaanite nation: If the Jews had known the true origin of these people, they would have been forbidden to make a covenant with them (because of the biblical commandment against this). Even though Bnei Yisrael would have accepted peace with any of the Canaanite nations, if it had been offered, this would have been under the condition that they destroy all of their idolatry and observe the [|seven Noahide laws], in addition to paying taxes and accepting some form of servitude under the Jewish nation.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Only after a few days do they find out that these people had been lying about their place of origin, and in fact lived just a few miles away. Upon becoming aware of this, the Tanach states:
 * יח** ולא הכום, בני ישראל, כי-נשבעו להם נשיאי העדה, ביהוה אלהי ישראל; וילנו כל-העדה, על-הנשיאים<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">. **יט** ויאמרו כל-הנשיאים, אל-כל-העדה, אנחנו נשבענו להם, ביהוה אלהי ישראל; ועתה, לא נוכל לנגע בהם<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">“And Bnei Yisrael did not attack them because the leaders of the congregation swore to them before God, the Lod of Israel, and the people complained against the leaders. And all of the leaders said to the entire congregation: “we swore to them on God, the Lord of Israel, and no we cannot touch them!” ( [|9:18-19] ). <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">As explained earlier, peace with any of the Canaanite nations was possible, assuming the proper conditions. Why then do the leaders cite their oath as the only thing holding them back from destroying the Givonim? <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The Radak goes on to explain: Because the Givonim tricked the Jews and made a covenant with them under false pretenses, and because of this they deserved to be killed, were it not for the //chillul Hashem// that would be by this, because many had heard the oath that was made by the leaders of the people to the Givonim, and they had not heard anything false nor had any conditions been stated when the oath was made public. (Because of this, the Givonim were given more menial jobs than they would have had otherwise). //Chazal// learn (Gittin 46a) from this incident that a vow or oath made in public cannot be annulled. Others argue and say that a public oath or vow can be annulled, and in this case it was not done so in order to perform a //Kiddush Hashem// (sanctification of God’s name), to show the world how seriously Jews take their oaths made to God.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">By Rabbi Yaakov Ellis

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