Reply To: Describing Differences Between Jews

gavra: you are saying the litvish adapted some chasidish practices and the chasidish adapted some litvish practices. that may be true. but that also goes towards demonstrating my point that those two are close to each other and not to mo.

damoshe: the yeshivish lifestyle is a continuance of traditional Torah judaism. the only “new derech” you contend is that today they increase limud Torah for a few years in some young men after they get married. (few of them stay in kollel till their 35. how many kollel guys have you heard of over 35?) even if this is a change, this doesnt constitute a “new derech” any more than their now eating pizza even though their zeidas didnt constitutes a “new derech”. the mo on the other hand made a new shitta of Torah umadda, where Torah studies and secular studies go hand in hand together with near equal importance.