Logician: i said this was from my personal view. It was not a general statement that all men in kollel dont have the same geshmake-keit as one who works nor is it that eveyone that learns the daf learns with more geshmake than a kollel yungerman.
Longarekel: Thats true. And isnt it amazing that although they have such a busy and hectic life with working and helping out their families they still go out to learn after/before work, sometimes as early as right after the first possible shacharis or close to 10PM! We cant be teh judge of why someone leaves kollel or doesnt go altogether, but we can see how wonderful it is when they do go…
etzhar: keep it up! its great that you can keep the seder!
Toi: Lets not put anyone down. Isnt it a great idea that the time that working men put into the daily daf is with complete concentration and geshmake? I think the mesiras nefesh these men put into it is really amazing. On the other hand, kollel yumgerman also have mesiras nefesh in a different way. One of my points about why i think the daf yomi is so wonderful is that it gives even those who cant sit all day learning (for whatever reason), a daily dose. While learning all day is hard, it can become mitzvas anashim me’lumadav – a practice that comes from doing it so often that its missing something – so lets not put anyone down.