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“Also, some people wrote that Kollelim is a new invention. This is not true. The understanding of the value of Torah study was always there, just the financial resources were not available in Europe. “
MDD: No one is disagreeing about the Torah VALUE. But as the other poster wrote, the idea of a Kollel is a fairly new invention. The first kollel was the Kovno Kollel that started in 1877. However, this kollel was not like we have today. The Kovno Kollel required each student to separate from their family all week except on Shabbos and there was a FOUR YEAR LIMIT that a student can be in the Kollel. R’ Aron Kotler and R’ Shach modified the philosphy of the Kovno Kollel to its current state.
So the poster is correct, until R’ Kotel & R’ Shack Ztl, there was no such thing as a full time kollel where you spent time with your family. You actually learned Yomom V’Layla without interruption. But even then, there was a time limit.
Finally, being Motzi Shem Rah on another person is worse then being what you called him. He could change and be a ben torah, if he was an apikores, however, the fact that the Motzi Shem Rah will now live forever in cyberspace will be an everlasting avayrah. Please be careful with what you post.