[Avodah] Shepherd Vs. Farmer Redux

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 04:11:03PM +0000, rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
: FWIW Hirsch Breishis 4:2 S.V. "Vayhi Hevel Ro'eh Tzohn" strongly support
: the widely held POV that pastoral life is more conducive to spirituality
: and contemplation than is agricultrual Life.

I wonder how this fits with TIDE and the value of high culture. After
all, the sciences and arts are all attributed to benei Qayin. How does
RSRH separate the value of the shepherd from the value of the farmer
while still holding a single Mensch-Israel ideal -- which implies haynu
hakh?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha