One very serious Ben Torah from the old Long Beach days decried the fact that everything today is to conform.
He said that back in the day, conformity wasnt the norm. Each person developed according to his own pace. ive noticed to many bachrim who feel very constaned the need to conform in every aspect of there lives. They cant have suits that have any hint of style, colred shirts. colored socks etc. Yet there is a Yesivah in Queens that still lets the bachrim were all of the above and are still solid bnei torah who stheig and go on to learn for 14 to 17 years post high school. Then they get smecha got out and work for Klal Yisroel. Rav Henoch showed his talmidim the beauty of torah the beauty of amkos hatoarah the grandour of slbodkah mussar and gadlous haadam. through that he got his talmidim to change and become serious bnei torah not through conformity but through the beauty of torah and letting bachrim grow at there own speed . Maybe if this approach we woulnd’t have so many kids who are unhappey and such an OD problem.
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