The # 1 Reason Why to Leave Kollel

In order to make a decision to leave kollel, you have to have a good reason for doing so. Here is a list of perfectly valid reasons, but there is one reason that stands out above all:

• Parents/in-laws financial support ending
• Not feeling “fulfilled”
• Getting older
• Wife unable/unwilling to be the sole income producer
• Growing family
• External (family) pressures
• Children making “demands”
• Tuition

However, the most compelling reason to leave kollel, in my opinion, is very simple:

“It’s not working anymore.”
When something is broken, sitting around and doing nothing will not fix it. When going to kollel in the morning feels like dragging a wagon through the mud, there is something very wrong. When your primary occupation during the day doesn’t bring you happiness – it can lead to disaster, especially for the people that love you most.

Are you thinking that soon things will change, that everything will start to work out if you just give it a little time? Think about this – Albert Einstein once said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” It won’t get better until you do something about it.

So are you ready to escape?

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