Rashbi and Rabbi Yishmael on Parnassah

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Is the Gemara's balance of Torah with work, against Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's learning all day, an either-or machlokes? The Brisker Rav brings a Rambam that anyone can join Shevet Levi, so Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's way stays open to individuals. That also explains Rabbi Nehorai in the Mishnah in Kiddushin. A commentary on the Gemara then asks why v'asafta deganecha stands in v'haya im shamoa, and answers that the pasuk speaks of people who do Hashem's will but are not tzaddikim gemurim.

Key points

• The first view in the Gemara reads v'asafta deganecha as balancing Torah learning with working.
• Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says that when Klal Yisrael does Hashem's will, others do their work.
• Abaye says many followed the balanced way and it worked, while those following Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai failed.
• The Gemara in Eruvin says Rabbi Nehorai is Rabbi Meir, so the Mishnah in Kiddushin seems to contradict itself.
• The Brisker Rav holds that Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's way remains a real hanhaga for individuals.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Brachos 35: Torah and parnassah
2. 8:29Abaye on the two approaches
3. 9:36Rava's request about Nisan and Tishrei
4. 11:40Brisker Rav on Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Nehorai
5. 15:47The Rambam on joining Shevet Levi
6. 20:26The Brisker Rav's answer: two hanhagos
7. 23:29Shulchan Aruch siman 156
8. 24:45Question on v'asafta deganecha

Topics

• Torah and Parnassah
• Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
• Talmud Torah
• Shevet Levi