[Avodah] Torah Study vs. other contributions to society

[Rich, Joel]

No one ever suggested this, and what you are talking about (the above
mentioned SA) does not at all speak to the original question, namely: If
one has the opportunity to learn practical, life-saving medicine or one
can utilize that time to learn Torah, which of those two alternatives is
the preferred choice? The fact that one is supposed to *interrupt* Torah
study for other mitzvos does not take away from the clear decision by
Chazal that 'Gadol Talmud Torah M'hatzolas Nifoshas'. So if one can
choose an alternative that halachically lessens the chances of those
*interruptions* that is the preferred choice.

KT,
MSS

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Is it correct that lshitatcha society has nothing to say in this
decision and we assume that the unseen hand of the marketplace(HKB"H in
disguise) will allocate the proper resources so that the sick are
healed, the dead are buried...

Put another way do Roshei Yeshiva have an ethical responsibility to tell
their major donors that HKB"H would prefer on a micro basis if they quit
doing surgery and started learning full time?

KT
Joel Rich
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