Despite the obstacles, there are tens of thousands of yeshivahleit around the world today
Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav: What is the meaning of that which is written: “Dare not touch My anointed ones, and to My prophets do no harm” (I Divrei Hayamim 16:22)? “Dare not touch My anointed ones,” this refers to tinokos shel beis rabban (schoolchildren who study Torah); “and to My prophets do no harm,” this refers to Torah scholars. (Shabbos 119b)
I have been observing from afar the give-and-take about yeshivah bochurim, and I feel obligated to speak up.
Full disclosure: I am a yedid nefesh of Reb Yisroel Besser, whose incisive article initiated this conversation. Klal Yisrael is lucky to have a person of his caliber sharing the hashkafah of Torah so beautifully in the written form.
I believe we must make clear at the outset that yeshivah bochurim are the crème de la crème of the Jewish People. They are our pride and joy — our very future depends on them! Yes, like all human beings, bochurim have faults, they aren’t perfect. But they are the closest thing we have to perfection today.
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