Just so you know, the apology does NOT extend to Loyal Jew. He/she is wrong, and he/she deserves every word I wrote to him/her.
cantgetit – To quote Yirmiyahu Hanavi: “These are the eyes that have seen this.” As I said, I learned in two of the largest and best respected Yeshivas in the world, I know the system and I know the people in it. It’s basically a conveyor belt, you get on it in kindergarten and 20-odd years later you end up in kollel. You make no effort, you just go with the flow. Or as my mashgiach put it “put a broom in kindergarten and soon it will be a kollel yungerman”.