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Does the Gemorah not say that a man who has not taught his son a trade, has taught him to be a thief (or something like that)?
The Gemara concludes:
????? ??? ?????? ???? ???? ??? ?? ?????? ?????? ????? ???? ?? ??? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ?????? ??? ????? ?? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? ????? ?? ???? ??? ?????? ?????? ?? ????? ????? ??? ?????? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ????? ?? ?????? ?? ???? ??? ?????? ??????? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ????? ????? ??????? ????
If some of those of us who are frum feel that the yungerleit should not expect to be blindly supported forever without their earning a living or without concretely giving back to the country out of appreciation for the support they do get, how could the non-frum world ever be expected to accept that? And that is the crux of why the Israeli government is giving the yeshivah boys so much grief now.
So in other words, you are blaming it on yourselves.
There are at least two sides to every story,
And often, only one is right.
and if we are to be fair, it would be a good thing to try to reasonably understand the emotions that are involved here now.
To understand is not the same as to agree.
Did you read the teshuva I quoted from R’ Moshe? To repeat his conclusion:
??? ??? ???? ?????? ????? ??????? ????? ???? ?”? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? ???”? ???? ?? ?????? ??? ?’ ???? ?? ????