Zevi, the problem is worse than that. Once these Yungeleit need to leave their Kollel to provide for the family, and often it is at the time when tuitions for the children are mounting, they have a serious problem making a living, unless they go into chinuch. Yes, chinuch doesn’t pay well, but it does provide some income, whereas outside of religious field work, they aren’t well equipped to hold a decent job. That isn’t due to lack of intelligence, since most are very very bright, but because one needs certain skills and/or degrees to earn a decent living. So, even going to those courses at such a time in their lives is a tremendous strain and sometimes an impossibility. Many, unfortunately, end up poor forever, after sitting and learning their best years and providing Klal Yiroel with talmidei chachomim. Is it fair for the tzibur to exalt Kollel learning and forget about those learners after they invested their best years and now need a parnassah? Why did they suddenly disappear from the map? Aren’t they the same ehrliche talmidei chachamim that they were yesterday, just now they need to spend the first 2 daily sedarim making a living, and they become nobodies. THAT is a major issue and, pardon me, gives off a hypocritical scent.
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