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June 6, 2016 1:34 pm at 1:34 pm #1155644
mw13
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DY:

Thanks for those sources.

Avi K:

I join DY in being unimpressed by your sources.

See the Rambam at the end of his introduction to Sefer HaMitzvos that says wars are only carried out with a King, a Sanhedrin, and a Kohen Gagol, brought down li’halacha in Igros Moshe CM 2:78), and Rashi in Eirevin 17a, Sanhedrin 2a, and Sotah 44b that says wars carried out in self-defense are not considered Milchemes Mitzva.

Also, see the Shu”t DY linked to.

As for the Rambam in Hilchos Talmud Torah, as others have pointed out the Shulchan Aruch and Rema do not pasken like that Ramabam, they pasken like the Rov Rishonim. Also see Igros Moshe YD 4:36 that holds the Rambam would be matir getting money for Torah today.