[Former Fetus]

I'm looking at this from the point of view of an American Christian, true, but it seems to me that the "equal sharing of the burden law" makes a lot of sense. It recognizes the importance of Torah study by allowing a generous number of exemptions, while it eliminates the favoritism that could (do?) cause much resentment towards the Haredi community.

Will it work? We'll have to wait and see. Hopefully, these are not like the Safed Jews that would bare their necks to the Muslims coming to butcher them. I will surely be praying for the success of this law.

[Albion Wilde]

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[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Despite the 19th Century illusion to the contrary, only a few men are gifted warriors. While the rest of them can support these warriors effectively, they cannot hope to match them in fighting skills.

Even more confusing, there seems no way to diagnose battlefield ability in those that have it. Some of America’s deadliest airmen and sailors were raised as farmers, and barely made it through their service branch schools. Yet in action they exhibited mastery.

My guess is that there will be some haredim whose life of study and discipline will make them naturals for the battlefield.

[SJackson]

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Heck, they don't distinguish between infidels.

[lbryce]

Well....Interestingly, Muslims don’t differentiate between Muslim, either.