# 8. What Yom HaZikaron Is Really Asking of Us

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Podcast: [The Laws of War and Peace with Rav Shlomo Katz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-laws-of-war-and-peace-with-rav-shlomo-katz-7750010)
Published: 2026-04-21T06:30:50+00:00
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Recorded on ערב יום הזיכרון, standing in the חלקה הצבאית of כפר עציון, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David reflect on what it means to stand among קדושים who gave everything for עם ישראל. Through the lens of חז״ל, the story of לוליאנוס ופפוס, and the halachic depth of מסירות נפש, a different picture of Yom HaZikaron begins to emerge. This isn’t only a day of grief. It’s a day of gratitude. A day of clarity. And maybe most of all, a day that asks a question we can’t run from: What are we doing with the lives they gave us? ---------- For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.com Join Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t CHAPTERS 00:00 Opening remarks and gratitude to the audience 02:29 Personal reflections on Yom HaZikaron and pain 09:34 Studying Hilchos Milchamah VeShalom – page 47 focus 11:51 Gemara about the daughter of the Caesar in Lod 13:23 Analyzing the halachic permissibility of their actions 17:17 The profound level of Kiddush Hashem in Gan Eden 19:40 The Bach’s story about a poor boy at a wedding 23:51 Lessons on mesiras nefesh for today’s generation 26:53 Milchama Kiyumit: The existential war concept 32:57 Blessing the tzaddikim who saved Am Yisrael 34:42 Hope for Techiyat HaMetim and the Messianic era

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