In this day and age, for better or worse, I feel that it is very difficult for people to stay connected to their yiddishkeit. It is very hard to stay frum in a world full of competing influences, distractions, amusements, diversions, and the like. With people’s success in parnassa, perhaps there is an even greater temptation to leave the world of torah u’mitzvos. So really, given the shas hadechak of our times, perhaps we need to accept the yeridas hadoros and realize that if people need these things to be Jewish, so be it. Is it better for a Jew to go to a kumzits, farbreng, enjoy kosher meats and scotch in the company of other Jews, or to go off and do who knows what?
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