[Avodah] Charedim and the army

[Marty Bluke]

R' Charlop (from YU) has a very interesting observation (Beis Yitzchak
5756) about the Rambam at the end of Hilchos Shemitta V'Yovel (which
is the focus of the discussion). The Rambam writes:

"v'lo rak shevet levi bilvad ela kol ish v'ish mikol baey olam asher
nadva rucho ..."

The Rambam uses the phrase "mikol baey olam". R' Charlop points out
that these words are used exclusively in both Shas and the Rambam to
refer to Jews and NON_JEWS as well. In other words, the Rambam seems
to be saying that even a non-Jew can join Shevet Levi and serve
Hashem, and therefore it is not necessarily referring to someone who
is Toraso U'mnaso, but someone who serves Hashem. This is a very big
chidush, but it seems muchrach based on the Rambam's use of the words
"kol baei olam".