Abelle, Itche Srulik, I am not done yet. There is a ma’ase with Ulla which is brought down in 2 places in the Gemora. When Ulla came to Bavel, he saw that very cheap friuts were available ( I think, figs). He then had a big question about the Babylonian Jews: if there is such cheap food available in Bavel, why don’t the Babylonians learn? (He meant more people should be in kollel or work very part-time). Afterwards, he discovered that you can’t eat a lot of figs, so he stopped wondering. In fact, the Shul. Aruch Or.Chaim 156 says that one should attempt ( if possible ) to make learning his main occupation and work a secondary one.
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