The arguments seem to boil down to this: we’re too high and holy to dirty our hands with those vacuous Tsiyonim, we’re supporting them by learning, we’re doing these traitors a favor by learning (just see what’ll happen if we stop!), “they” don’t need “us,” the ____ (fill in midrash, Rambam, admor, etc.) says we don’t have to serve, and all this entitles “us” to a class exemption from military service. Is this ugly, or what?
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