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Beitzah 036: Can money be more important than learning Torah?
alex lebovits asked:
The Gem. ends up with "teyku", when it considers the question of
comparing cleaning out the Beth Hamedrash from bundles of straw to
allow learning to lowering fruit on Yom Tov through a skylight. One
of its considerations is "Do we say that where there is a loss of
money involved it would outweigh the learning of Torah?". Can money
be more important than learning Torah?
Thank you for your time and knowledge.
alex lebovits, toronto, canada
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The Kollel replies:
The Rashash asks your question and answers that the case of the
Mishnah in Shabbos appears to be an Uvdah d'Chol, and that is why the
Mishnah only permits the clearing of an area if this is necessary for
Hachnasas Orchim or due to Bitul Beis ha'Medrash. The Mishnah in
Beitzah, however, does not appear to be an Uvdah d'Chol to the same
extent, and that is why the Mishnah permits lowering the fruit
through the window even if only to avoid monetary loss. The Rashash
says that when the Gemara suggests that we may permit more here than
in Shabbos, the Gemara means to prove that this case is more lenient
than that of the Mishnah in Shabbos. We see this, since here we
permit the lowering of the fruit even to avoid monetary loss, in
other words even when there is no necessity for Hachnasas Orchim or
Bitul Beis ha'Medrash, whereas in Shabbos we do not permit the
clearing of the area in order to avoid monetary loss.
Perhaps we could also suggest that in the case of monetary loss, the
necessity of the act is self evident from the circumstances and it is
therefore easier to permit the work. In Shabbos where there is no
threat to the articles being moved, the necessity for the work is not
immediately evident, and therefore it is harder for us to permit the work.
Dov Freedman
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