Avram > As far as your assertion that you can go against the modern poskim with the Rambam because the Lakewood vaad itself cited the Rambam – do you realize that the vaad specifically cited the Rambam there as a rebuke to those who abuse the Rambam to hate on full-time Torah learning?
I am not sure what Vaad had in mind. I was shocked, shocked, and saddened, that Vaad could quote Rambam selectively. Maybe the question mentioned the other Rambam and it got edited out, or they presume that everyone knows the other Rambam. As it is, it looks like a selective argument. This is coming from an organization that is there to solve business disputes…
What do you think about it? Do you have a better explanation? Maybe someone should ask them about. It would be good to have a more lomdishe explanation from them.