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Joe, (AKA “Catch Me” we did) I’m not going to bother with you.
Even the biggest proponents of Kollel don’t advocate or expect *every* yungerman to go to Kollel. And certainly no one holds that “the entire nation” should be in Kollel. The claim that anyone holds something like that, which you sometimes hear advanced by those opposed to Kollel, is a red herring.
Yes, they need some second class citizens to support the learners, no? They do expect every individual to be in Kollel for as long as they can hold out, and when they leave, they exist to support those who still remain (As a certain Israeli Rosh Yeshiva says, “I’m doing them a favor by taking their money and making their Gehennom a little less hot”.).
But Lior, in case you are right, I will agree. Which Roshei Yeshiva or Yeshivos (non-Chassidish, who don’t believe in the whole “kollel for life” thing, as they actually believe in Tznius and that women should be homemakers) push their talmidim out of Kollel and into (or even prepare them for) the workforce? I can think of Chofetz Chaim, YU/Landers/Ohr Hachaim, and that’s it. If you can show me someone who announced that their Talmidim (or even a subset) should go work, I’ll agree that the group is excluded.
Show me.