squeak: you say Lakewood is the epitome of Torah. I disagree. Lakewood teaches people that it’s ok not to fulfill what it says in your kesubah. It teaches people that it’s ok to make your wife work 2 jobs so that you can sit and learn. That you can look down on people who aren’t doing that, and tell them they’re second best.
That’s not the epitome of Torah.
YU does not teach that science is equal to Torah. They may teach that science, mathematics, and other subjects are a part of Torah, which they are – they are needed to understand many sugyos in Shas. So yes, people need to understand them in order to understand Torah better. The Gemara says a person is obligated to teach his son a trade. YU teaches a trade, so if a father sends his son there, he is doing his job. As I said, you know nothing about it, only what you’ve been told by others who know nothing about it.
chaverim: I would be the laughingstock of Lakewood kollel guys, not the entire Jewish world. More people than you care to admit agree with what I said. As for my defending YU, it’s not because it has basis in fact, it’s because I don’t care to see many Rabbonim insulted and slandered by the likes of people here. Squeak should be calling these Rabbonim and begging their forgiveness.
The fact is, if you walk into the YU Beis Medrash any night, you’ll see hundreds if not thousands of guys sitting and learning. How would you explain that?