Tag: Parshat Vayigash
Parshat Vayigash
Section 456 (g) 1 of The Military Selective Service Act (as amended through July 9, 2003) states: "Regular or duly ordained ministers of religionshall be exempt from training and service." Based on this clause, clergy, including rabbis, have been exempt from the draft since the Civil War.
Parshat Vayigash
Section 456 (g) 1 of The Military Selective Service Act (as amended through July 9, 2003) states: