Parashat Ki Tetze All Is Not Fair In Love And War By linking the
incident of the female prisoner of war to the hated wife and
rebellious child, Rashi encourages us to consider the
consequences of treating others as objects. Provided by KOLEL--
The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is
affiliated with Canada's Reform movement. Ki Tetze contains a
very wide assortment of laws and instructions for the Jewish
people, covering rules for ethical warfare, family life, the
prompt burial of the deceased, property laws, the humane
treatment of animals, fair labor practices, and proper economic
transactions. The parashah ends with the famous command to
remember what Amalek did to the Israelites when they left Egypt;
this paragraph is traditionally read on the Shabbat before the
holiday of Purim. "When you go to war against your enemies and
the Adonai your God delivers them into your hands and you take
captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and
are attracted to her, you may take her as y