Daya Zooger, how much dies it cost to produce a hat, and what is the wholesale price?
Flatbusher, you’re being unrealistic. We live in a very decadent society, and it affects everyone. Sure, it’s not a god middah, but it doesn’t affect yeshiva bochurim any more than anyone else; probably the opposite.
I’m not sure what your point is. Is it to dismiss the overwhelming benefits of learning in yeshiva because bochurim like $260 hats, and send them to public schools (don’t forget that they start wearing hats when they’re 13) or college? Is it to increase mussar seder?
The reality is that they’re young men, in the process of growing, but they’re not perfect.