[Avodah] Who is a Talmid Chacham

[Ben Waxman]

Thank you for the tshuva. It was very pleasant to read an actual psak.

A couple of notes:
1) Even though he quotes Rav Kook as saying that even in war yeshiva 
students should stay in yeshiva, I was told that Rav Zvi Yehuda emptied 
out Mercaz in 48.
2) I find it very strange to have a psak on such a weighty issue based 
mainly on Midrash.
3) I personally wouldn't have much of a problem if his criteria of 
people who learn day and night, who kill themselves over Torah, were the 
ones to get a patur. This is not someone who simply does 2 sedarim a 
day. I work full time and I certainly do not "kill myself or toil day 
and night" at my job. And it is certainly not "the smokers".

Ben
On 7/3/2012 1:38 PM, Doron Beckerman wrote:
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> and you can add Tzitz Eliezer
> http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=20825&st=&pgnum=81&hilite