Whew!!!! Do you truly believe that? My Bubby never formally learned Torah in her life, and I guarantee you she was a very pious, religiously-observant woman, who raised two frum children, after being widowed at a young age. It may not be possible to know all the halachos without learning Torah many hours a day, but that is why we have Rabbanim of which to ask shailas. My husband is a Baal Teshuvah of over thirty-six years, and he has never sat in Yeshivah for many hours a day at any time. He is a VERY Torah-observant Jew. Your statement is not 100% accurate, though we do believe that an am haaretz cannot be a chosid. However anyone who has a rudimentary knowledge of kashrus, shmiras Shabbos, and hilchos Taharas Hamishpacha, all of which can be learned in sufficient amounts without ever learning for several hours a day, can be a shomer Torah u’mitzvos. It is not, as you say, IMPOSSIBLE.
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