tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post3958442189210624082..comments2024-01-18T07:59:31.728-08:00Comments on The Second Son: Don’t Be A Baal HaBayisG*3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104739087560005056noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-72467332880648835512009-06-21T19:49:04.888-07:002009-06-21T19:49:04.888-07:00SS,
I share your sentiments about the inappropria...SS,<br /><br />I share your sentiments about the inappropriatenesss of learners looking down at workers. And you make an interesting point about how in days long ago the workers often were uneducated. One might add that, at least in the days of the Tana'im, many of the learners were also workers, and so did "pull their own weight." (Think Rav Yochanan HaSandlar, etc.) So a self-supporting scholar being something of an elitist relative to the uneducated doesn't leave quite the bad taste in the mouth as does the contemporary financially-dependent kollel man looking down at his benefactors, who may in fact be well-educated, too.<br /><br />As to why the "baalei batim" stand for this...I guess for the same reason the lower castes in India have so long accepted their inferior status. Something in human nature predisposes many to accept mistreatment or disrespect, so long as it is taught by their society as correct...and especially if it's taught as sacred truth.<br /><br />AgnosticWriterAgnosticWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03904614932394962946noreply@blogger.com