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In my apt. house in Yerushalayim a few blocks from a major yeshiva there are 3 dirahs rented to Bachurim form that Yeshiva. Every Shabbos morning when I leave at about 6:30 am to go daven, there are always 2 or 3 bachurim who all week long are wonderful, respectful seemingly well adjusted bachurim, but they get drunk on Leil Shabbos to the point where they cannot climb the steps to the dirah and they are sprawled in a corner of the entrance lobby. Yes, it’s nice they did not take the elevator on Shabbos………… but is this Torah? Is this what we have come to?? Should we condone or excuse this bahavior?
I do try to wake them up and help them upstairs because it is certainly not going to increase Kavod HaTorah if some Baal habatim, their wives and kal vachomer their daughters witness the scene as they leave for shule.