[Avodah] Who is a Talmid Chacham

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 09:29:00PM +0300, Ben Waxman wrote:
> The statement in the Gemara and in Hoshen Mishpat is that the TC doesn't  
> have to pay a tax because he doesn't need the protection. Not that he is  
> contributing to the general security of the city through his learning,  
> but that he doesn't need the protection...

Which is true for theft, which hits individual homes.

But it does not seem to be true for war, "Mei'achar shenitenah reshus
lamashchis lichbol, eino mavchin bein tzadiq larasha."

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha