[Avodah] The Netziv on "draft dodgers"

[Doron Beckerman]

Harchev Davar to Terumah (Shmos 25:20):

[This piece appears only in the back of the older (Vaad Hayeshivot) edition,
but is in the body of the newer (Volozhin 5759) edition]

"It is the will of the king that all who are fit for war become soldiers,
and one who dodges this (mishtamet mizeh), although it is in accordance with
the laws of the kingdom, wherein he is not obligated to be a soldier, but
nevertheless that is not the primary will of the king. So too, the will of
Hashem is that all Jews who are fit for toil in Torah should become Bnei
Torah, and one who dodges this, even though he has reasons that bring him to
this, nevertheless he is called one who is not performing the will of
Hashem, both in Berachos and Bava Basra. Even though there are those
involved in Avodah (Temple service and prayer), nevertheless since they were
not toiling in Torah as they were when they were in the desert, this is not
called doing the will of G-d."
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