[Avodah] Who is a Talmid Chacham

[Ben Waxman]

On 5/22/2012 5:36 PM, Doron Beckerman wrote:
> Either way, Rav Moshe held that Yeshiva students are absolved from army
> service in Israel. See IM Yoreh Deah IV:33.
> http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14679&st=&pgnum=263

I've often wondered how is it that there is no psak on this issue. Rav 
Moshe's tshuva is, WADR, not an exception to this point. In just a few 
sentences with little or no explanation, he rules that Talmud Torah 
overrides army service. He cites one source, no explanation on the 
source (who is a rabban, what shimrah do they not need (for example Rav 
Melameid ruled that this is only dealing with theft)), no dealing with 
the various Rambams and other sources, what if the rabbanan in question 
demand shmirah or in their actions show very clearly that, yes they do 
need shmirah (ya'ani running away from rockets).

Ben