Aseres Yemei Tshuva Series

For the next seven days of aseres yemei teshuva, there will be a series of posts devoted to the topic of self improvement, specifically geared to those undergoing the transformation from kollel guy to working guy.

Experience has shown that those leaving kollel often (but not always) feel somewhat like a failure, which result in all kinds of negative outcomes. Often times their yiddeshkeit suffers, which has serious consequences on their own personal ruchniyos, their relationship with their wives, parents, and even children.

Leaving kollel to go to work is not a “yireeda” (spiritual descent) in of itself. Its only the choices you make while doing so that bring about these negative outcomes. Kollel is no guarantee for success in ruchniyos, but neither is leaving kollel a recipe for disaster.

My hope is that this series of 7 posts (one for each working day of the Aseres Yemei Tshuva) opens the hearts and eyes of kollel guys contemplating leaving and those already on the way out. You aren’t a failure for leaving kollel, on the contrary, now is when you have the opportunity to bring out the best in your ruchniyos.

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