Commentary for Sotah 8:7

בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בְּמִלְחֶמֶת הָרְשׁוּת. אֲבָל בְּמִלְחֶמֶת מִצְוָה, הַכֹּל יוֹצְאִין, אֲפִלּוּ חָתָן מֵחֶדְרוֹ וְכַלָּה מֵחֻפָּתָהּ. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בְּמִלְחֶמֶת מִצְוָה. אֲבָל בְּמִלְחֶמֶת חוֹבָה, הַכֹּל יוֹצְאִין, אֲפִלּוּ חָתָן מֵחֶדְרוֹ וְכַלָּה מֵחֻפָּתָהּ:

To what this apply? To a voluntary war. But in a war commanded [by the Torah] all go out, even a bridegroom from his room and a bride from her canopy. Rabbi Yehudah says: to what does this apply? To a war commanded by the Torah, but in an obligatory war all go out, even a bridegroom from his chamber and a bride from her canopy.

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