The profound tension between military sacrifice and religious values in modern Israeli society echoes ancient questions raised by the Akedah (Binding of Isaac) narrative. While Jack Cohen identified three traditional interpretations of this pivotal biblical text, a fourth interpretation emerges from Talmudic and Midrashic sources that reframes the story as a divine drama with a predetermined outcome—one explicitly teaching that God rejects human sacrifice. Through comparative textual analysis of biblical, rabbinic, and contemporary sources, this examination reveals crucial distinctions between Abraham's test and the moral challenges facing Israeli parents today. The absence of direct divine choice in modern military service complicates attempts to draw direct parallels with the Akedah. However, Jewish law's situational ethics framework offers insight into how warfare can be morally justified when necessary for survival. The research demonstrates how the biblical imperative "I shall not die, but live" undergirds a distinctly Jewish approach to sacrifice—one that permits necessary defensive action while maintaining the paramount value of life over death. This understanding helps reconcile the apparent contradiction between Jewish traditions rejecting human sacrifice and the reality of military service in contemporary Israel.