Reply To: Is authentic Judaism incompatible with being rich and famous?

squeak, yes though I think (and I could be wrong about this) the attitude is going in “I can do both” and then gradually, gradually they slip and slip further. I would not even be mentioning it if it didn’t happen to basically literally everyone I know in these positions.

But I think you are right- a human can only have one passion in life really. When that passion becomes the ikar (which it must if one wants to become the most famous and well known in that field) the Torah will change from being a passion to being an obligation. And when it becomes merely an obligation we tend only to keep the bare requirements- such as shabbos and kosher.