DEUT1228 The Midrash comments that the words "a time for hating" (Ecclesiastes 3:8) refer to "the time when a war is being fought" (Ecclesiastes Rabbah 3:8). The implication of both the biblical verse and the midrashic comment is that when the war is over, the hatred should end. As Winston Churchill said, "I oppose the pacifists during the war, and the jingoists after the war." This is consistent with what was noted earlier; after the Exodus from Egypt--but not during the time Jews were enslaved there-- Jews were instructed not to hate Egypt [this verse].