Reply To: Chief Rabbi: Could we sit and study Torah without soldiers?

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May 16, 2016 3:24 am at 3:24 am #1151834
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Avi K:

The Shulchan Oruch makes no such distinction. See Y”D 243:2 that Talmeidi Chachomim are not obligated to contribute towards defense efforts, and 246:18 that learning Torah takes precedence over any mitzva that can be done by somebody else.