Reply To: learning vs working – which is harder?

hmmmmm. i geuss the only thing that peeves me is when people bring an attitude (either way really,) to the table with them.

and you DO hear it all the time. “oh he’s in learning (frown) well that’s nice but i actually work for a living” is a comment i have heard at many a time. indeed, a relative of mine recently asked me rather bluntly (and he was well meaning, i have been married 5 yrs and am still in kollel, all the credit goes to my aishes chayil) “when are you going to stop fooling around in kollel and get a job”

such comments really get me, i think the slackers in the learning community have somehow become the stereotype. i know in my own yeshiva, they are the exception, so it really puzzles me how this happened.