Health, we are not at all in disagreement about the importance of learning Torah in E”Y or anywhere else. But when E”Y is under fire the entire country needs to be prepared to defend itself. Somr feel the best way is by learning, but in practical terms, if that were the sole way, Hashem would not have sent Am Yisrael into battle at ANY time. He would have instructed them to sit down with Moshe Rabbeinu and learn. But that is not what He did, because we always have to put our own hishtadlus into the things we want to hold onto in order to merit having those things. Those who are old, weak, very young, ill, or who should do nothing else but sit and learn to actually fight in a war, can still man the offices, etc., of those who are fighting for their safety or help in other non-combative ways. Their participation can free up others to actually do the combat aspect of the milchemes mitzvah.
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