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“In conclusion, my seminary teachers were wrong, and fun is a Jewish concept.”
I think they were right that technically since there is no word for fun, fun is not a Torah concept. Enjoyment is a Torah concept however all enjoyment and pleasure should be for a higher cause. We certainly don’t “need” to have fun the way we do today. We waste a lot of time and look for ways to have fun because we are bored not because we need some relaxation to go back to our avodas Hashem. Ill leave it at that. Lets put it this way, many things that are fun and that people do for fun may have not mutar aspects to them and they often dont lead a person to more avodas Hashem. When was the last time someone you knew came back from a day of fun at an amusement park and had “more” cheishek for a daf gemara or davening or other mitzvos?