[Avodah] border issues.....pikauch nefesh??

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 09:24:31AM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> On 26/05/2011 6:25 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
>> I /think/ the primary issue dividing Lisa's post and RDI's reply is
>> whether defending borders is a MM issue bizman hazeh, or if today a MM is
>> only if it will make Jews safer.

> Indeed, this is the issue, which ultimately boils down to a machlokes
> of the Rambam and the Ramban, whether kibbush ha'aretz is one of the
> 613 mitzvos, and therefore applies at all times, or was a specific
> mitzvah once, and will be again, but isn't right now.

Only partly. One can also hold it is ledoros, but requires a melekh as a
prevondition. There is such a shitah WRT mechiyas Amaleiq, which is one
type of MM.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha