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A more pressing query :Do the up and coming generation of Talmidei Chachomim appreciate the sacrifices the klal are making on their behalf & are they preparing to give back accordingly?
When R’ Yaakov Kamenetzky zt”l organized a knessia to encourage avreichim to go into chinuch, he chose to hold this gathering in the Mirrer Yeshiva. After R’ Yaakov finished his oration everyone waited for R’ Shmuel to speak knowing full well that R’ Shmuel encouraged his talmidim to stay in learning for countless years. What R’ Shmuel then said was powerfully intriguing. “When a person learns, he should not learn just for himself, he should learn for klal yisrael. If he is only able to stay in learning for a couple of years, he should learn with intention to give over to cheder age talmidim. If he is zoche to learn for several more years, he should keep in mind that he should be able to give over to mesivta level bochurim. And if he could learn even longer, he should prepare himself to be a rosh yeshiva. A person should always prepare to give over to the tzibbur .