benignuman: I have difficulty understanding that the Yerushalmi is not trying to make a practical point. It seems to me that it goes hand in hand with the Gemarah in Bava Basra
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Who are you to say that the zchus of Torah only comes out through the army? Who knows how many countless plots were hatched but HKB”H foiled them because of the zchus of someone learning in Bnei Brak. Once the army is already in place, then Hashem might use it as one of His shluchim. But if not from this shliach, then from a different one.
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I understand that you are saying that the point of the Yerushalmi is that armyies/gurads “destroy” because they cause people to think that it is the army that is protecting and not Hashem. But that’s only half of what it says isn’t it? Why are those that learn call the “guards of the city” if not that their Torah protects the city?
When we say the zechus of Torah learning protects us we do not mean that it creates ananei hakovod to catch missiles.
Is that so? Just because you can’t see them, doesn’t mean they’re not there.
Would you hold that it is assur for a Ben Torah to be in Hatzoloh or Zakah? Is it assur for a Ben Torah to leave kollel to get a job to support his family?
I would say that someone who is sitting and learning should not join Hatzolah because the zchus of his Torah is doing more than the Zakah volunteer. His zchus prevents people from getting injured/sick in the first place and for those who do get injured, his zchus brings the shliach refuah. The zakah volunteer is only a shliach.
As to if its assur for a Ben Torah to leave kollel to get a job to support his family. The Rambam says:
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