milchemet reshut

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מִלְחֶמֶת רְשׁוּת.

Noun

milchemet reshut (plural milchamot reshut)

  1. (Judaism) A war commanded by a ruler rather than God.
  2. (Judaism) A war not fought out of necessity.
    • 1995, Moses Rischin, edited by Jeffrey S. Gurock and Marc Lee Raphael, An Inventory of Promises: Essays on American Jewish History, Carlson Pub, →ISBN:
      The war in Southeast Asia, far from being a milchemet chovah in the defense of South Vietnam, is a milchemet reshut against the entire civilian population of all Vietnam.
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