“It’s mind-boggling that anyone could think that a bochur’s ‘workload’ could even come close to that of a frum mother!”
Bochurim “bear the hardest workload of any demographic in the frum world,” writes Yisroel Besser in an attempt to justify not harping about the dangers of them vaping. Bochurim? Have the hardest workload? Bochurim?
Bochurim’s workday of “10 to 12 hours” can’t compare to that of a Jewish parent, specifically a Jewish mother whose “workload” is 24/7 without a bein hasedorim, off- Shabbos, or bein hazmanim. A mother who shares the responsibility for her family’s financial, social-emotional, physical, academic, and spiritual well-being while running a home of menuchah, simchah, and kedushah. A mother who does all this and more while sick or weakened by pregnancy or post-partum symptoms, while a bochur can recuperate in bed.
Are bochurim able to drink a morning coffee without being interrupted between sips? Can bochurim sleep through the night?
It’s mind-boggling that anyone could think that a bochur’s “workload” (or should that word be exchanged for “privilege”) could even come close to that of a frum mother! I would love for a frum hard-working/learning father to weigh in as well.
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