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To Feif Un Yes you are right there are some but very rarely can we find in our Yeshivah system today That will try with all there hearts to help these kids.
I heard of a rebbie in a Yeshivah in Eretz Yisrael who wanted to kick out a boy from Yeshivah beacuse he felt that he was a bad influence on the other boys This kid was always playing jokes and even one time put a goat in the Aron Hakodesh so that when the Aron was opened everyone jumped . He thought it was funny.. When this Rebbi went to the Rosh Yeshivah to request that this boy should be kicked out. The rosh Yeshivah Told him to bring this child to me let me talk to him . When the rosh yeshivah spoke to the boy he told him do you know that you are about to be kicked out of the Yeshivah beacuse of your behaviour What do you have to say for yourself . The young boy looked at the Rabbi and said How can you even think of doing such a terreble thing Do you know that if you kick me out you are not only kicking me out you are kicking my childeren and my childrens childrens from yiddishkiet. And just like you take your time every morning to put on teffilin and doven so must you take out of your time to help me and be mekarev me.
When the Rosh Yeshivah heard these words he understood what can happen if he dares to kick this child out and told the rebbi that now he has to make special time for this kid and be mekarev him even more. This wild kid grew up to be a big talmid chacham and educator.
We must all fight with all our might againts anyone who wants to destroy our children beacuse they feel that they are holyer then though attitude. If a parents will stay strong in a situation where there child is about to be thrown from the Yeshivah system and not let the Yeshivah get away with just saying this Yeshivah is not for your son . we will beable to save lots of our kids from the street.
And last of all If someone had the smarts and would open up a vocaitional type of yeshivah esspecially in brooklyn ny where a child who does not get along in a reguler Yeshivah can go to this school and learn a trade. like , music,computers,electronics pluming. together with limudei kodesh it would make an big diffrence in the lives of these young men and straigten there lives forever….