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Levi Solomyak's avatar

The Russian war strategy when attacked was to burn their own cities/ trees/ fields so that the enemy advancing wouldn’t have any resources. A real nahafochu of rishus

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Dan Klein's avatar

Beautifully presented. Glad I was able to help with the Shadal material, and thanks for the credit. I was pleasantly surprised at the conclusion you drew, connecting Shadal's reasoning to the larger picture of bal tashchis. I'm thinking of adding a footnote to my translation in progress, incorporating your insights. Kol hakavod!

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