[Avodah] Wartime Orders

[Arie Folger]

 wrote:
> Once someone is in the army, isn't it pretty easy to get court-martialed
> for not obeying orders? And doesn't the army have the power to execute
> soldiers who disobey orders? Could that be an argument that disobeying any
> order is Safek Pikuach Nefesh?

Is being court martialed a pikuach nefesh? Can you have a hetter for dichui 
Shabbos by getting yourself into the situation where not doing so isn't an 
option, even though pushing off the training until Sunday is theoretically 
possible (if a Shomer Shabbos training division were opened, for example) and 
won't result in any deaths on active duty?

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Arie Folger
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