<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 6:23 AM, Moshe Y. Gluck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mgluck@gmail.com" target="_blank">mgluck@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">R'n LL:<br>
<div>There's no prohibition of women bearing arms in the case of a milchemet<br>
mitzvah, which any reasonable understanding of halakha describes the State<br>
of Israel at the current time.<br>
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Is there a war going on right now?<br>
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KT,<br>
MYG</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>There is a high likelihood of their being some type of War (with the official designation) at any time (see: Iran/Failed Peace Talks etc.) Since having trained soldiers is obviously necessary, is it a stretch to call the present time (with rockets fired at israel only yesterday) also a Milchemet Mitzva?<br clear="all">
<div><br></div><div>Shabbat Shalom,</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Liron Kopinsky</div><div><a href="mailto:liron.kopinsky@gmail.com" target="_blank">liron.kopinsky@gmail.com</a></div></div>
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