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Dovid Hamelech! he was a great warrior but his greatest wish was to sit and learn torah all day (achas shoalti) but he had a job to do he was able to balance his job and his desire to learn what an example.
Being commanded by Hashem to go & fight, is a little different than getting a draft notice from a secular government (disgusting pictures & all. Yes, I had to hide away the booklet which came with my daugher’s draft notice b/c it’s graphic content was so unsavory, to put it mildly)
What we learn from Dovid Hamelech is not how to be a great warrior, but how to do ratzon Hashem. If that includes being a warrior, fine. If not, not.
Now, will come a mabul of opinions, saying that such & such a rav/posek, says it is a chiyuv/mitzva even nowadays to serve in the army, da da da….
I’ve just reread The Goq’s comment, & I see he mentions job, not army.
But still same concept… doing what Hashem wants. Working out what that is, well that’s another story. Many of the very esteemed members of the coffee room, no doubt already know what G-d’s will is. For those of us less clear, like myself, we have Gedolei Yisroel & rabbonim to advise us.
Good title Goq! Very intriguing.. & funny too!
Spice, +1
Liked your comment. All of it.
Haven’t seen you around here, are you new?
How did you figure out so quickly that the esteemed members of the coffeeroom know exactly what G-d wants us all to do?
They are the preeminent arbiters of all perplexing Halachic & Hashkafic issues of the day!
Sit back and enjoy! And be enlightened. Or sometimes not…
Thanks Golfer.
And here was I worrying that my comment was too serious after The Goq’s humor…
Yes, newish, at least as a poster.
I’m meant to be too busy for ‘sit back & enjoy’, but with easy access to the preeminent arbiters of all perplexing Halachic & Hashkafic issues, how can I stay away…?
It’s assur to go to the israeli army
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