Fighting On The Front Line

In this week’s Parsha Moshe is instructed to recruit men from every tribe to wage war against Midian. This stands in contrast to the norm whereby the Tribe of Levi did not serve in the military and go out to battle. Why, then, are they joining the frontlines for this war? Or better yet – why are they usually exempt from serving? Must only other Jews die in battle, while they sit comfortably in yeshiva? What changed in the war against Midian? Why does the Torah explicitly command to enlist the tribe of Levi in the war of vengeance against the Midianite people? If the tribe of Levi is exempt from other wars, what changed in this war? Learn the relevant significance and life lessons of the war against Midian, as they are reflected within the community and family.