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“The ideal is to learn, but some people are not made for that so the second best thing to do is work and support learning people. U dont have to make calculation likes if noone is working because everyone is learning how will they make money. they wil be doing HaShems ratzone and he will help out. there are two ways a person can work. work in a business or wtvr and make money, or work delving into and learning into torah and HaShem will then take care of the parnasa part for you. and like your making it sound worst case everyone will be learning (a’h bkarov) Mashiach will be here!!…”
Even if one IS “made for that” it does not mean that is what he should be doing. It is easy to sit and learn while someone else is supporting you, so you have no financial concerns. In my humble opinion, I have at least as much respect (I would say MORE respect, but that will open a can of worms), for the man who earns a living and learns every day as well, because he has made his learning choshuv to himself. Your implication that no one has to worry about work because Hashem will help, is another one of those extremely idealistic, but also unrealistic notions. Hashem helps those who help themselves, and I don’t think that means “help themselves to other people’s parnassah.” We all have a chiyuv to earn a lving to support our families, give tzedaka, and raise a next generation of klal Yisroel. That generation will be one that feels an even worse sense of entitlement than the present one, if this trend is not modified. And what is worse, there will be no Yeshivah people with any professions, because they never become educated.