Reply To: Future of Israel's Orthodox Jews

“We NEVER had mass Kollel learning, In Europe ONLY the top learners kept in yeshiva, the rest went to work.”

I am not saying you are wrong, but can you please provide a source?

I personally do not understand the concept of “top learners”. I have never met a “top learner”. All the guys who take their learning seriously are “top learners”. If you want to go back in time why stop at Europe? Why not go to eretz yisroel and bavel where all the “top learners” also worked.

What comes first the chicken or the egg? Do you not have to work because you are a top learner or are you a top learner because you don’t have to work?