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Bein Hazmanim Advice to Kollel Yungeleit
Dear Kollel Yungerman, As a former kollel guy, I know how tough life can be. Money is tight, and you have to live off your parents/in-laws/wife’s generosity to support you while you spend your days and nights learning. Now is bein hazmanim, and you are “busy” getting everything together so you can go for Yom [...]
Doing Alot But Accomplishing Nothing
There is only one type of pleasure that results in a lasting satisfaction. It’s not the taste of a good steak or a fine wine, and it’s not the vacation of a lifetime. Lasting pleasure comes only from “enjoying the fruits of your labor”. Dovid Hamelech writes it in Tehilim, and Chazal explain that the [...]
Day # 2 – Your Relationship with Hashem
These special days are very well suited to improving your relationship with Hashem, especially with regard to the issue of so-called “leaving learning” and going to work. It’s the time of the year that we put our matters in order, and sort out who we are and what we are supposed to be doing. It’s [...]
Did You Make It To The Finish Line?
Did you make it to the end of the zman finish line? Only that its not a sprint race, its more of a endurance contest. In the beginning of the zman, there is the excitement and vigor, the chavrusah tumult and the seat circus. But after a few weeks, the steady rythym of life takes [...]
Summer Vacation = Vacate from Learning (R”L)
Leaving kollel is often referred to as “leaving learning”, meaning of course, that when a person leaves kollel to go work, he is no longer solely occupied with learning, and will be spending a large part of his day occupied with worldly matters. However, there is a sinister undertone to this expression which lends much [...]
30 Days to Get Out of Kollel Challenge
Where do you want to be in 30 days? If you do nothing, chances are that you will be in the same place that you are now. Take a 30 day challenge – there is no better time than now. In 30 days from now, bein hazmanim officially starts. The last 30 days of the [...]
Bain Hazmanim Is Here!
Ah, the long awaited bain hazmanim has arrived. As one who tries to be by seder as much as possible, bain hazmanim gives me the opportunity to operate on my own free schedule. Of course, I cannot wake up late as I used to back when I was a bochur, but I still don’t have [...]
