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Commentary;
There was a time in the not-so-distant past, in the context of this author’s 59 1/2 years of life, when saving a Jewish life, particularly on the field of battle, was holy and sacred. There was a time when great officers exhorted their men; “follow me” into battle. They didn’t sit hunkered down in the ministry of defense buildingh in Tel Aviv following the action from the rear, from their plasma computer screens.
The by-gone derech of saving one’s brother on the field of battle was best exemplified by IAF veteran Sgt. (ret.) Shmuel Rafael who saved a fellow soldier in mid-air in 1950.
