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What profession do you think is the most ideal for a Jewish man?
Rosh Yeshiva, rabbi, lawyer, accountant,
doctor, dentist, etc. <br><br>
The following is from the <font size=4><b>Introduction to RSRH's
Commentary on the Torah
<a href="http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/intro_rsrh_torah_2.pdf">
Volume II</a> by Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer</b></font><font size=3> and is
from the commentary on Yaakov's brachos in parshas Va'Yichi pages 72 to
73.<br><br>
In Issachar he [Yaakov] sees the core of his future people:
the<br>
Jewish farmer, the working-man, full of strength ("a nimble<br>
beast of burden"), resting after the labor at the fire-place<br>
of his home "between the row of dishes". He works to<br>
obtain the leisure which is the most precious fruit of his<br>
labor - "realizing that the leisure is good" - for it
gives<br>
him time to devote himself to the study of the Torah. He<br>
knows that not business and trade but the work on the<br>
soil offers such time of leisure - realizing that "the soil<br>
fits this aim"; therefore, he gladly takes upon himself the<br>
heavy burden of the farmer, "bows his shoulder to bear",<br>
and performs the "taxing" chore of the peasant. Issachar<br>
became the most intellectual tribe of the Jewish nation -<br>
and this was the Jewish farmer!</font></body>
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