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https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2233988/mir-yerushalayim-closing-temporary-us-locations-will-return-all-bochurim-to-eretz-yisroel.html

This is hilarious. Mir Yeshiva has decided that it's finally safe for its students to return from the US to Jerusalem. And they write a letter to the parents saying, "Now that we see that it's safe to come back to Jerusalem, Torah protects!"

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Instead of playing amateur psychotherapist and second-guessing other people's deeply held beliefs, why not try to clarify your own beliefs?

In many previous post, you have claimed point blank that "Torah doesn't PRACTICALLY protect". In a recent post, you seemed to acknowledge that the merit of Torah protects (but mistakenly thought the chareidim don't possess this merit). In this post, you seem to be moving backwards toward the rejection of this belief. So it looks like you are deeply confused about your own beliefs. That's ok, but please don't project your own internal confusion onto others.

Regarding the underlying issue, the protection of Torah is not a chareidi belief, but a belief of Judaism, the same as belief in God, in God's control of the world, in reward and punishment, which is what Torah protection is in fact a subset of. See here https://irrationalistmodoxism.substack.com/p/does-torah-protect It is something believed by all faithful Jews, whether litvish, chassidish, or dati, including soldier that are serving right now, see here https://irrationalistmodoxism.substack.com/p/a-voice-from-the-front-2 (but evidently not fake Anglo dati-lites).

One of your errors is in imagining it as some magical forcefield, when in fact, it is part of the Hashgacha of Hashem. This answers most of your "questions". However, if one rejects the Hashgacha of Hashem, he obviously won't believe in the protection of Torah. To understand the importance of bnei Yeshivos better, see here https://irrationalistmodoxism.substack.com/p/how-pleasant-it-is-when-brothers

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