In this episode, we take a hard look at a growing crisis within the Torah world: what happens when a system built around the ideal of total Torah immersion leaves too many young men without genuine learning, productive work, responsibility, or purpose? Drawing on Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer’s provocative essay, we explore how idleness can lead not only to boredom, but to anger, extremism, and the erosion of the dignity and character traditionally associated with a ben Torah. The conversation challenges us to distinguish between protecting the Torah world and defending a system that may no longer be serving everyone within it, and asks what honest leadership, meaningful expectations, and constructive alternatives might look like.

Read the article here: “Idleness, Anger, and the Erosion of the Torah World”. (iyun.org.il)

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