Reply To: room for personal expression in yeshiva

PBA, you said “If you don’t like the way your yeshiva learns, find a different one.” and “I doubt you are correct (that there no yeshivos for younger bochurim that focus on Halacha), but if you are, it is because nobody wants it.”

PBA, firstly as far as I am aware there are no reputable black hat, english speaking yeshivos that have a focus on anything besides gemara. I’ve noticed from other posts that you are quite good at research and I challenge you to find one. Unfortunately, even yeshivos such as R’ Yaakov Friedman, which learn one amud of gemara the entire day (3 sedorim) have a stigma in the yeshivos (for learning to fast). If you go there you are looked down upon. Secondly, if you are in the learning world you will see that many kollel guys learn other limudim as opposed to gemara/iyun. Bochurim do want to learn other limudim but cannot because of the stigma, social pressures and shidduchim prospects.

My point is that why can’t a guy learn halacha during night seder at a mainstream place without being looked down upon? There’s no leeway.