Every Jew should be learning Torah as much as possible. At every opportunity. And that goes for men and women. Most of us can’t do it full time, though. And if everyone did it full time out communities would collapse. And in my case my own rabbi opposes people who come to observance late in life ditching their careers to learn full time, because it would make it difficult for others who want to become observant and because we need to be examples for other Jews who might want to become observant. It also is ungrateful to employers who have invested in us. I wish I had more time to learn but I have a demanding full time job and a lot of people depend on me.
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