R' Aaron Cohen • series: She'eilos U'Teshuvos Mi'maamakim 3

Endangering oneself to join the partisans - v4 #10 by R' Aaron Cohen

Published 7/30/2017, 5:58:44 PM • 13:04

R’ Yitzchak Gold posed the following question to Rav Oshry: The conditions in the Kovno Ghetto were appalling. Periodically large groups of Jews were deported to concentration camps; Jews were often killed suddenly without cause; many died of hunger and illness. Could or should one risk one’s life to join the partisans to fight against the Germans, even though that entailed enormous danger as well?