[Avodah] priorities in Talmud Torah

[Rich, Joel]

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
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"more capable" = sinai or oker harim
               = diligence or intellect
               = tanach or mishna or gemara or halacha....

Why is this limited to father/son and not to community as a whole (e.g.
why shouldn't there be force ranking of the entire community on this
basis?)

KT
Joel Rich
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