to be the three tools for the preservation of the world. Jewish law (past and present) does not permit any use of violence unless it is in self-defense. Any person that even raises his hand in order to hit another person is called "evil." Guidelines from the Torah to the 'Jewish Way to Fight a War' When the time for war arrived, Jewish soldiers are expected to abide by specific laws and values when fighting. Jewish war ethics attempts to balance the value of maintaining human life with the necessity of fighting a war. Judaism is somewhat unusual in that it demands adherence to Jewish values even while fighting a war. The Torah provides the following rules for how to fight a war: Pursue Peace Before Waging War. Preserve the Ecological Needs of the Environment. Maintain Sensitivity to Human Life. The Goal is Peace. Avoidance of violence The ancient orders (like those) of wars for Israel to eradicate idol worshiping does not apply today. Jews are not taught to glorify violence. The rabbis of the Talmud saw war as an avoidable evil. They taught: "The sword comes to the world because of delay of justice and through perversion of justice." Jews have always hated war and "Shalom" expresses the hope for peace, in Judaism war is evil, but at times a necessary one, yet, Judaism teaches that one has to go to great length to avoid it. In the Torah When Moses saw a Jew striking another in Egypt (): "...he said to the rasha ("evil one"), why do you hit your fellow!?". The midrash comments, "Rabbi Yitzhak said: from this you learn that whoever hits his fellow, is called a rasha." Maimonides ruled that whoever strikes his fellow transgresses a negative commandment. According to Deuteronomy, an offer of peace is to be made to any city which is besieged, conditional on the acceptance of terms of tribute. In the Mishna In the Mishna, Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel taught: "The world rests on three things: justice, truth, and peace." The Mishna sages further asked, who is a hero of heroes? They answered, not one who defeats his enemy but one who turns an enemy into a friend. In the Talmud Shalom ("peace"), is one of the underlying principles of the Torah, "Her ways are pleasant ways and all her paths are shalom ('peace')." " The Talmud explains, "The entire Torah