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Path to the Exit – Part 2
After you’ve really decided that it’s time to leave, now comes the hard part. Telling other people, and asking for their help. Breaking the news to others seems very hard to do. There is a false feeling of failure when you tell them you are leaving kollel. Really though, the challenge is not over, it [...]
Day # 3 – Open Communication with Your Wife
After you established your own goals and priorities and bolstered your spiritual faith, its time to work on the most important person in your life – and that would be your wife. Leaving kollel often places a huge stress on your shalom bayis. First of all, there is the turmoil that you are facing, which [...]
When Your Wife Says No
Besides the embarrassment of friends and relatives, many yungerleit looking to leave kollel are held back by opposition from their wife. Most of the time, the wife’s refusal is not motivated by lofty ideals. It is more likely a product of the social pressure that is so much a part of today’s society, similar to [...]
Emotional Power of Balancing the Checkbook
There are three kinds of families in the frum world: 1) Those where the husband balances the checkbook. 2) Those where the wife balances the checkbook. 3) Those where no one balances the checkbook. My guess is that most families belong to the third group. When you balance the checkbook, every penny that gets spent [...]
