[Avodah] priorities in Talmud Torah

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The following was told to me in the name of Rab Baruch Ber ZTL.  There 
is proof from the Talmud Kiddushin 29B that there is a priority given 
in talmud torah based on ability which does not exist in other 
mitzvos.  If a choice is to be made (Rashi there are insufficient funds 
to pay for both) a father should learn himself and not his child.  
However if the child is more capable then the father the child should 
be chosen .  Rashi adds that the father should work to sustain the 
son.  There are ramifications for the ongoing discussion about talmud 
torah.
Yosef Blau