gavra_at_work
Maybe a year or seminary would have supported me for 2 years of kollel, but I still think it was worth it because if it wasnt for that, I would not have married someone in kollel at all. So 2 years was worth hopefully 10 years.
mamashtakah
Yes it is sad, and we should be living in eretz yisroel, and it shows how truly far we are in galus that people go there to visit or temporary as if it were any other vacation spot. My family is very into going to Israel, we go around 3 times a year. I always love it, but the differnce is when I go with my family we stay in rechavya with all the other Americans, but spending a year in Israel and seeing how people really live there showed me a different view. Now I am counting down the days to get married, not so I can be married, but so I can return to Israel, because everyday I really have a truly miss for it. May we all be zoche to be there soon by the coming of Mashiach.