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We believe the ideal lifestyle for one who can learn all their life is for them to, yes, learn all their life. The people who can’t learn all their life will work and serve in the army.
“I learn Daf Yomi, and it is pretty obvious that the vast majority of tanaim and amoraim held regular jobs. Rashi was a winemaker. Rambam was a doctor.”
It is also fairly obvious that not one of the Tanaim, Amaraim, or Rishonim used electricity. The reason for this is also fairly obvious; in that day and age, it simply wasn’t possible. It also wasn’t possible to survive without going to work, so they worked. But today, if one is learning and can survive without working, why work?
“Meanwhile, some people seem to think that since they were not in favor of the country, the govt has no right to make them serve in the army. Are you kidding me? If you lived in Egypt or Italy or Greece or any other country and they drafted you, do you really think you could refuse with the excuse that you are learning full time???”
There is no draft in Egypt, Italy, or Greece. And if they (or Britain, or America) had taken control of the land in 1948, we wouldn’t have one either. If the Medina had never been created, the Arabs would never have been so keen on “driving all the Jews into the sea”. and we wouldn’t be fighting wars on such a constant basis.