Reply To: What does it take to be a ben torah?

BP Totty – I feel you. A Ben Torah is a lifestyle dedicated to Torah. The definition of a Talmid Chocham who is putter from paying certain taxes is one who goes back to learning when he gets his purnussah. If someone in Kollel is not learning when he has the chance to, and someone is working, and when he finishes he goes straight to learn, then by the previous definition he’s a Tolmid Chachom. Simlarly taking treife gelt, or bad midos and/or haskofas is definitely not a Ben Torah.