you write :
Age doesn’t make a practical difference. It is forbidden to put one’s self in a position of being shmaded and all three of the gimmel chamuros. They are yehareig viAl Yaavor.
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I personally know many people who served in IDF and were not shmadded at all .
So the original question comes back -:
katan permitted organized self defense in galut to save lives
but he rejected IDF because it is a shmad army
accordingly , what happens to bal tshuva who is a previous member of IDF and is now called to serve
he is not impressionable as he is older now
and knows he can withstand the tests how terrible they may be
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should he abstain from enlisting bichlal, even though he is needed for defensive operations only [eg Arrow anti missile unit]
and he knows objectively that there is no replacement for him
or should he enlist because of pikuach nefesh
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could you answer this question ?
with the reasons .
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think we deserve to get clarity in to the exact positions of the commenters …
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thanks mr katan
would like a full answer please
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