Reply To: Kollel Life – Reality?

rabbeinu yonah writes the reason the leviim received 10% is because they needed to be supported in their learning.This was given by the other 11 shevatim in order that they be more comfortable than the rest of the population. (do the math.) He also writes very sharply in iggeres hateshuva that the only hope of those not fully immersed in torah is supporting torah learning to the “best” of ones ability. People in learning are poor to give the rest of us the only opportunity to tap into this highest life elixer, not that we should darshen to them to get a job, poor fools.