[Avodah] Being an Eved to an Eved

[Zev Sero]

On 15/02/2012 10:46 AM, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> THIS goes directly to the heart of what I was asking. Thanks you very much, R' Zev. (Do you know offhand where you heard or saw this?)

Rama CM 333:3


> But I think an even better example would be volunteering for military
> service. (For the sake of argument, let's says that it is the army of
> a benevolent, non-Jewish, malchus shel chesed.)

Or for that matter compulsory service in the IDF.  Why complicate
matters by bringing in external factors?


> Am I correct that even one who enters such a military, even with the
> privileges of an officer -- a chaplain for example? -- must still
> accept that there will be periods or training during which his time
> is not his own? I was trying to distinguish this from the Eved Ivri,
> and R' Zev Sero's response fits the bill very well.

I believe this very shayla has been discussed in the shu"t of DL poskim.

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