Reply To: Going off the Derech

Sam2-it’s good advice, but I don’t have the opportunty to do it. On Friday, after he comes home from yeshiva, he sleeps all day until my husband comes home from maariv. Then maybe he eats something quickly, then runs out the door to be with his ‘chevra’. On Shabbos morning, it’s the same thing. He doesn’t come to the Shabbos table, instead he lies in bed until we are finished with our morning seuda, then grabs a bowl of cornflakes and bolts out of the house. He stays out the whole day, maybe popping in for a quick snack, then leaves again ’til late at night. It’s almost like he can’t tolerate the kedusha of Shabbos, and certainly, he doesn’t want to be with his family. I don’t feel like there are any ‘good’ days.