Not sure how you ever define how wide the circle may be outside the home in relation to any so called “schar” in olam haboh or even olam hazeh. I would imagine the Ebeshter looks holistically (excuse the “new age” terminology) at the entitreky of how you live your life as compared to how many credits you may have taken in an online or resident college, how you relate to others, your level of observance of taryag mitzvos (or at least those that may apply), your level of emunah in times of stress or peril etc. Such subjective terms as “innocence’, “purity” etc. are increasingly less relevant as we find ways to conduct a balanced life of torah and secular activities. As we see more frum men and women take leadership roles in both the public and private sector and working hard to make life better for ALL, its difficult to draw a bright line for Yeshivish or other members of the tzibur.
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