For myself, as someone who wasn’t raised frum, I do it because most of the people I’ve known who are intent on learning and doing Torah lishmah wear black hats. I want to be among them. I realize that not everyone who wears a black hat comes under a true Torah rubrick in their private lives, and I am also aware of some who do not wear black hats who are very knowledgeable and conscientious in their Torah observance. I’m just reacting to what my own experience tells me is the people I want to identify with.
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