[Avodah] Fwd: Rabbi Hershel Schachter - True Freedom

[Ben Waxman]

So why didn't the Rambam list this a heter?

Ben
\On 5/13/2012 6:48 AM, Doron Beckerman wrote:
>
> Talmidei Chachamim were not conscripted for Milchamos Mitzvah, as is 
> clear from Shevet Levi not participating in Kibbush HaAretz or 
> Milchemes Amalek, which are defined as Milchamos Mitzvah. The Mishnah 
> in Sotah means to override the rule of HaOsek Bemitzvah Pattur Min 
> Hamitzvah regarding going out to war, with Chasan and Kallah being the 
> classics, but Torah study does not fall under that rubric in any event.