Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical Seminary - Hamaarovi Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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I 35 ', 'fa' 1' . t 77 V v f... ' Ti TT s , It 3 Is the Yeshiva student at an advantage over the non-Yeshiva student as far as succeeding in life's challenges? if so, what factors account for this difference? To begin with, one must look to the generation of today. It appears that the non-Yeshiva student lives a life lacking purpose. This student spends four years taking vagous subjects, leading him no closer to reaching future decisions than when he first began. The time then arrives when he must make the decisions that may dictate his future, and he is unprepared to reach them. This may have been the cause of the youth scene of today. The simple truth is that an eighteen year old person does not have the capability to take upon himself the task of deciding his future. On the other hand, let us now focus on the Yeshiva student. l-Ie goes to a Yeshiva to study Torah, which not only is the essence of Judaism, but is a blueprint for humanity. It's not just an education, rather, this is our pattern of life. A pattern of 1ife that provides for all situations and predicaments that one may encounter. When the Yeshiva-student learns Torah, he is acquiring the knowledge that will later enable him to live a life with meaning and of purpose A person who walks in the way of Torah does not find himself in the dark in relation to his future. On the contrary, the more he pursues Torah, the more capable he is to succeed in his endeavors. It becomes evident that the advantage of the Yeshiva student over the non-Yeshiva student is the fact that Torah is on his side. With this factor, a jew is assured to succeed, for if he follows the way of the Torah, he is guaranteed an eternal life to come, which in itself, provides the meaning and purpose to the life of a jew. 'lJ'7I'l DTI 'D

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ANSWERS TO D. R. In the last issue of UThe Zeirei Forumu fvol. 1, No. 42, our readers read a letter signed by a D.R. Idisgusted Rebbe! which, in essence, discouraged HYeshivaleitH from entering the field of out- of-town Chinuch. The writer reasoned that going out-of-town to indulge in UChinuchH work was an insurmountable spiritual test which leaves a bad impression on the Rebbe's offspring. URabosai, stay in New Yorku, the writer concludes: uJust have me in mind when you visit your Rosh Yeshiva or Rebbe's tish on Shabbos, or when your child goes to the Mehadrin Deli and buys a kosher frankfurter and understands what brocho to maken. We are privileged to publish two of the many letters we received in answer to D.R.'s letter. We should like to stress that we did not get one letter supporting D.R.'s views. How can people be so narrow minded? How can seemingly grown men have so little insight? I'm referring to the letter from D.R. about Chinuch. According to him, eve one should stay in New York. His kind of life consists of living in his nice little house in Boro Park with twenty-five shuls on each block, the Kosher Pizza shop on the corner, etc. What he doesn't realize is that there are other NYidinH in the United States, and that these people are lost concerning Yiddishkeit. They are at this moment being led by some Conservative or Reform HRabbiU who plays golf on Shabbos afternoon, and who doesn't hold of a second day Yom Tov. To The Editor: TY What these people from out-of-town need so very badly are young Hfrumu couples who can come and do something for them: Start a day-school, work on their children. The children go home and reveal to their parents what they learned about Tefilin, about Kashruth, and you have a community interested in starting a Vaad HaKashruth, you have people who are interested in becoming Shomrei Shabbos, and they have this new desire because of YQQ: Because of YOUR accomplishments their kids are going to Yeshiva, and then comes the time where you Hshepn the most Hnachasu. You can look at a Yeshiva Bochur and say to yourself. Ulf it wouldn't have been for me that kid would be a public school kid on pot, or he may have married a Shikseu. Instead, he will bring up a family like a Ben Torah, and he'll send his kids to a Yeshiva and generations upon generations of frum Yidin will evolve through your doings. Every time I read that letter I get sick to my stomach. Sure there are a lot of hardships, sure it's tough, but the rewards are far greater. I know what I'm talking about. I'm the son of one of those fortunates who decided that he wouldn't sit in New York and have all the comforts of Yiddishkeit at hand, he'd rather be out pioneering and making it happen, planting a small seed of Yiddishkeit, cultivating it, and watching it sprout into the most wonderful sight you could possibly imagine. The Editors It's a life-time of work, not a year or two. You have to have enough guts to stick it out. If you're not man enough, don't bother. You'll do more damage than good, obviously D.R. was one of those. I can talk about my father with pride. He came to a city which didn't even have a frum minyan, Kashruth didn't exist, a mikva didn't exist, a day-school didn't exist. That was five years ago. Since then he has been an influential part of the city's Vaad HaKashruth. There is now a Shomer Shabbos butcher-store and a kosher bakery, and a fund has been established to raise money for a Mikva. He's sent boys to Yeshiva and he's got more ready to go. We all suffered at first. Kosher meat had to be brought in and my mother had to do all the baking. We kids suffered, Efng that we didn't have any frum friends, but things, boruch Hashem, worked out fine CThe Chasam Sofer says that anyone who goes into Chinuch shouldn't worry about his children, the Creator will take care of themj. Take it from me--if you have what it takes, don't waste your life away in New York. Go out West and put your talents to use. P.P.CProud Pioneerj 2,-QI This letter, written by a member of our own class, is a reprint of the original article which ap peared in the Zeirei Forum.