The refusal of ultra-Orthodox Jews to work is a perversion of the Talmudic consensus, according to an article in The Jerusalem Post. Only 50% of haredi men work in Israel, with most employed in menial jobs and only 3% in the lucrative tech sector. The tradition of subsidizing the best scholars to study Torah has been perverted, with the working public now compensating large numbers of the haredi community for studying rather than earning a living. The rabbis of the Talmud exalted labor and emphasized the importance of combining Torah study with a worldly occupation.