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Our daf ends with an important caveat. Sages were exempt from paying for the cost of a wall or other protective measures. The rabbis quote verses that allude to G-d's protection of those who serve him through mitzvot. We close the book on today's daf with Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish arguing about which verses are most helpful in this proof.
We explore the exemption of torah scholars from the army and the Hesder Institution.