[Avodah] Charedim and the army

[Eli Turkel]

However it does not answer the famous contradiction of this Rambam with the
one that says one should have one own's living and not learn and rely on
charity

Eli Turkel

On 7/30/07, Marty Bluke <marty.bluke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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".
>



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Eli Turkel
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