[Avodah] Daas Torah Rerere...redux - Pesachim 112a

[Micha Berger]

    Tana rabbanan: R' Aviva commanded his son R' Yehoshua 7 things. "My
    son:
    - Do not sit in the well-trafficked part of the city to review
      [Torah].
    - Do not live in a city whose leaders are talmidei chakhamim.
    - Do not enter your home without warning, all the moreso your
      friend's house.
    - Do not withhold shoes from your feet.
    - Do not get up early and eat. In the summer, because of the heat; in
      the winter, because of the cold.
    - Make your shabbos chol rather than depend on people.
    - Do your business with someone who is in a time of success.
				    - Pesachim 112a

Persumably one would argue that someone who lives off tzedaqah in order
to learn full time does minimize their Shabbos thereby as well, and
thus follow #6.

But what about #2, which appears to be the exact opposite of having a
gov't that relies on daas Torah?

See also Rashi ad loc:
    Ve'al tadur be'ir...:
    Detarud begirseih velo bemilei detzibura.

Isn't Rashi saying that a TC who spends his time with texts lacks the
knowledge of what's going on in the society in question to be a good
leader?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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