Reality Check for Maggid Shiur Wannabes

August 04, 2010 | Comments 1

As the summer bein hazmanim winds down into its final few days, and Elul is just around the corner, many are thinking about returning to yet another year of kollel without a shteler. Yes, there were the lucky few who managed to secure a job of some kind, be it a morning mesivta maggid shiur, or at the very least a second seder sho’el u’maishev, but the majority of those who were really hoping for a job find themselves sadly returning to another year of sitting in kollel.

Those of you who are holding out in kollel just in the hopes of getting a mesivta shtleler need to get a reality check. I have heard of many Roshei Yeshiva advising their talmidim against just waiting for a shteler. The math simply doesn’t work. There are hundreds, perhaps even thousands of qualified lamdonim and talmidei chachomim in Lakewood. Every year more and more qualified candidates are added to the pool. And yet, there are maybe 3-5 mesivta shtelers that open each year in the entire country!!

Don’t confuse what I am saying here. If your intention is to stay in kollel because you decided to devote your life exclusively to Torah and you are willing to sweat it out without having a chashuva shteler, that is wonderful. But if you are only staying in kollel in order to get that shteler, you have a long & lonely wait ahead of you.

Life is too short to wait for dreams to come true.

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