dveykus613: WELCOME ABOARD!!
This is exactly where the problems lies: Creative minds are not invited into the inner circle of the organization that prides itself as the voice of the gedolim.
squeak:
There is NO VALID REASON why the status quo must be sustained. The system was broken and as predicted the recession has forced a correction in the way the community thinks.
The reality is, there is no school or institution that is too big to fail. There is no inyan to have an able-bodied person with a decent mind sit and drink coffee all day. I’m in full agreement that married men should learn in kollel when they get married. But, by the beginning of Shana Revi’i close to 85% of them are burnt out and spending more time shmoozing about yenem than about Abaye and Ravah.
BMG of Lakewood needs support, fine. But, the Roshei Yeshiva must give their word that the only people who will get money from the public’s tzeddakah money are those who are ACTIVELY LEARNING and are not spending more than five minutes every 1.25 hours away from their seat.
There are many pressing community needs and tzedakkah issues that are more of a priority than paying for “Starbuck’s taste testers” as Rabbi Finkel in Chicago would call these burnt out kollel people.