Obviously its disturbing, maybe even wrong. But if youve ever been inside one of their houses, seen howe they live, and understand their situation, maybe youd give in a bit. I dont think anyone here can imagine and really feel the level of poverty these people deal with, unless youve spent a shabbos seuda there. When people in meah shearim have bochurim for seudos, they give each bochur a pulke of chicken, and the family eats the chicken from the soup. thats the main course. You try it. then try it for twenty years. Then see how you feel. Also, people in America prioritize their yiddishkeit according to their emotions. In other words, because these people bug you (admit it), youd rather pretend that your kavanah in davening is more important. When they come to your door on a weeknight when youre spacing out and have all the time for them, do you welcome them in or get irritated and open the door so your kids dont see you ignoring an onee. Imagine what you would do if your favorite (insert person you idolize here) walked into shacharis. Would you force your head down, because davening is so important. Or, would you figure out the most muttar way to somehow acknowledge the presence of said person. The idea is, do most people here mean what theyre saying, or does it work for them to agree. Now dont start yelling at me that im besmirching klal yisroel, I just mean that we all need to take a good hard look at our motives when we ignore the mishulach.
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