A Husband Who Wants to Study
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Question
Hello, A person whose whole heart desires to study Torah all day and all night, but his wife wants him to earn a livelihood, and he works full-time (9-18), and also outside of work and prayer times his wife wants him to help with the house, tasks, etc., so he finds not much time as he would like for Torah study. How should he act/feel? How will he be judged in the World to Come, as I read from the Chafetz Chaim that a person will be asked about every Mishnah he did not study, etc.?
Answer
Hello
It is difficult to answer this without knowing the individuals involved.
One must understand the husband's true ability to study more, the wife's and home's need for physical help and financial support, and the wife's ability to dedicate more for Torah study.
In any case, what the Sages wrote that a person will be asked about what he did not study refers to what he could have studied but did not; however, everything is measured personally according to his time, intellect, strength, mental and family state, and more.
Although every person is obligated to study Torah, regarding the number of hours and the amount of study, certainly one cannot compare a healthy, calm, and economically stable person to a busy, stressed, and burdened person.