My point being that pre-war few Yeshivas were wealthy and indeed poverty was rampant. And yet the Yeshivas pre-churban produced top notch Talmidei Chachomim. Of course food must be put on the table, but the rampant wealth we in America are cursed with, is more an impediment towards learning, than a benefit. Indeed many of our greatest scholars lived in the most dire conditions of pverty (and were happy with their lot.)
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