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Dear Simple,
My point about traditional dress. The Yeshivish clothing is the same idea as the Amish, Maasai, Saami, the gho in Butan, or the traditional dress in Sardinia. This is the clothing we wear, for no other reason than we wear it. At one point it was not distinctive. A certain fashion stayed in place, even as the people wearing it slowly modernized. There was no identification when it was a regular means of dress, and there should be no meaning to it today. Whatever meaning there is, cannot be from the clothing associated with the activity. Because all these groups are doing the same activities as people who do not have a distinctive mode of dress. The only meaning comes after the fact that the group wears it. And they could make up whatever meaning they want. Who cares?Dear Simple,
“Were Rav Avigdor Miller ztz”l and all the other Gedolei Yisroel wrong in putting meaning into it?”
“AllA?!? Who are the others? Doesn’t “putting meaning” into it mean, that it does not really have any meaning on it’s own? Whatever motivations Rav Miller had for the essay, is not my concern. I trust him, that he knew what he was doing. And, does any of this make the case that there should be some meaning associated with yeshivish clothing today?
well yeah obviously there’s only meaning after a group gives it meaning. nobody’s going to say that a white shirt itself is chashuv. and all the other gedolim would be every single rosh yeshiva or moised that makes its bochurim wear white shirts, because by doing so they’re subscribing to this idea. (i’m not saying that anyone who didn’t isnt a gadol) so this means that every single rosh yeshiva out there be it sefardi litvish or chassidish (outside of yu chofetz chaim and mizrachi places, and even by cc they mandate wearing a hat, and a lot of yu bochurim do wear hats as well). and when these are the people that put meaning into a black hat, our rabbonim and our gedolim, we can absolutely trust that its justified.
this makes the case that there should be meaning associated with yeshivish clothing, because again, it gives a person what to identify with and standards to uphold for himself. i know people first hand that were able to get out of certain situations because of the white shirt and black pants. its an expression of how religious a person is.
“Whatever motivations Rav Miller had for the essay, is not my concern. I trust him, that he knew what he was doing.” it should be! because he wrote for it a very obvious reason, he wrote it very clearly so people should understand that levush is not meaningless. that’s exactly the point of his essay. that people should feel the chashivus of when they walk around dressed like a ben Torah and understand who and what they’re identifying with then they do so. it is abundantly clear what he’s trying to accomplish in his essay
Dear Simple,
Having a white shirt rule, does not mean the Rosh Yeshiva thinks it has a meaning. Some things just are the way they are, without any idea behind them.There is no reason to make a case for an applied meaning here. It just clothing. Just wear it. In Yeshiva one is (At least should be.) identified by their studies. The fact that their clothing was constructive at some point, does not imply anything beyond that point.
It could very well be that Rav Miller zt”l intended the opposite. The levush has no meaning. Since people tend to look for meaning in random places, he made up some positive thinking that could go into our standard clothing. His point is that they should think more. Not just dress the part.
“this makes the case that there should be meaning associated with yeshivish clothing, because again, it gives a person what to identify with and standards to uphold for himself. i know people first hand that were able to get out of certain situations because of the white shirt and black pants. it’s an expression of how religious a person is.” please respond to this
in response to: “It could very well be that Rav Miller zt”l intended the opposite. The levush has no meaning. Since people tend to look for meaning in random places, he made up some positive thinking that could go into our standard clothing. His point is that they should think more. Not just dress the part.”
youre right about thinking more for sure, but definitely not about the dress part. ” It’s the
great achievement of demonstrating our loyalty to Hashem with
our clothing, our externalities, that has given the Am Yisroel the
merit to continue to exist. And therefore, the more we use our
clothing and externalities to serve Hashem, the more we preserve
the existence of the Am Yisroel forever and ever. ” theres no reading in between the lines over here. it’s clear as day what he’s saying. he’s saying very clearly that its both dress the part and think the part.and why would a yu boy every put on a hat? or really why would anyone ever wear a hat? if it really didn’t matter then the yeshivos would have changed it by now, or better yet they never would’ve done it in the first place. the fact that they all made a levush and kept it shows that it means at least something, otherwise they could have just made a dress code of you must wear a collared shirt or look mentschlech. why does rav chaim want people to wear payos? why did the chazon ish want people to wear payos? why is that when rav hutner ztz”l heard that the temanim called their payos simanim he started growing them? its pashut, levush. makes. a difference. it isn’t everything, not even close, but does something for sure.
This was my response to that.
“There is no reason to make a case for an applied meaning here. It just clothing. Just wear it. In Yeshiva one is (At least should be.) identified by their studies. The fact that their clothing was constructive at some point, does not imply anything beyond that point.”
I am agreeing with your point. There are times when it has a positive effect. The same could be said for a raincoat. [It helps people stay dry in certain situations.] There is still no reason to wear a raincoat when it is not raining. But if that works, (Everyone else wears them or whatever reason.) then go right ahead and wear it. But it still is the same raincoat. It is a lie to say clothing is an expression of how religious one is. I did not think you meant it like that.
The famous pine line says “DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT’S COVER”
the problem is we do. A person-sadly-gets judged by most people by his/her look. How handsome does he look? How well built and fed does he look? When a person looks at the outside of a house interested in buying he judges THE ENTIRE HOUSE by how the house looks on the outside and honestly that’s very sad cause the condition of the inside of the house can be brand new and updated ammenities etc…. Then what the old outside 50 year old house looks like. When a person enters a ballroom for a fancy event. His physical human mind IMMEDIATELY JUDGES in the first minute he’s at the event how much he’s getting for the ENTIRE NIGHT from the food to the entertainment to the services etc….
May we all stop judging people by how they dress and know that it’s a person’s inside that really counts
@sam klein of course we shouldn’t judge, but we do. we naturally do, thats how it is. and the Torah knows that, it says dan lkaf zchuas, mashma that youre going to judge somebody no matter what, so judge positively. when you see an 80 year old man with a frock and an uphat and two bochurim walking behind him youre going to think hes a choshuve rosh yeshiva or something along those lines. is that bad? is that wrong? and more than that, if a person wants to be seen as ben Torah then he should dress like one. if not, then not. the nature of people is to judge.
you also didnt give me an answer about rav chaim or the chazon ish or rav hutner. “There are times when it has a positive effect.”. so you are maskim. if it has an effect on how other people view said person, then its a two way streak. the person is going to also view himself differently, and therefore hold himself to different standards because of the levush he’s wearing. you aren’t thinking realistically. why is that kiruv rebbeim tell bts not to put a hat on so fast? why don’t flip outs who wear hats and jackets have to deal with the same thing that their friends who don’t wear them do? when this guys old friends see his payos and his hat and jacket they know that he stands for something else so he won’t be invited to do the same things as before, otherwise the “raincoat” would simply never work. the very fact that it works it all shows that there is an inherent chashivus and expression of religiosity in wearing it
Dear Simple,
You keep switching. You agree that yeshivishe clothing does not have any meaning before it is worn by yeshivaleit. Then it can not have an “inherent chashivus”. Then you switch right back to only an “expression of religiosity in wearing it”.I disagree with that also. There is nothing being expressed by yeshivishe clothing. It just is that way. The fact that people perceive some symbolism in the black hat, does not change what it is. A dress hat. No more, no less.
To quote what I wrote above. #1880070 “I heard directly from one Rosh Yeshivah (He was as highly regarded as a yeshivshe daas torah as one can be.) that there is no reason to where a white shirt or a black hat. [Of course he expected his talmidim to wear them.]”
Everything we wear has a reason behind it. A yarmulka or as others call it a kippa. Which brings me to my point each kind of clothing has SOOOOOO MANY kind of that same clothing for people that come from so many different backgrounds and raised in different ways. From the velvet yarmulka to the knit to the leather ones etc…. And each person wears his type that he grew up wearing on his level and in his family.
Going to tzitzis, there are the regular white ones then there are people with just one string of blue and others with more all with their own minhagim in which they were raised in how their clothing dress code should be and there’s nothing wrong with their level their all kosher and orthodox just some are more serious or for different backgrounds etc…..
Same works for regular clothing to hats which others including hasidic switch that over to streimels or spudicks etc…. On shabbos for various reasons
it’s not contradictory at all. the white shirt itself is meaningless, it could have been a blue or yellow shirt, who cares. but now that the world put chashivus into it, it now has chashivus. the same as anything. things only have value when people put meaning into it and then it has value (except for Torah). why does gold have value? because people made it valuable. care to explain rav hutner rav chaim and the chazon ish? pretty sure the chazon ish even held that people should be wearing reklech. still waiting on that. also waiting on why kiruv rebbeim tell baalei teshuva to wait before waiting on a hat. i know a bt whos been wanting to put one one for months but his rebbe kept telling him no. if it’s “just a dress hat” then why would that be?
so please explain to me why my friends who go home with payos hat and jacket don’t have problems with
people talking to them inappropriately or inviting them to inappropriate places, while the boys who kept their levush from before all have these issues? if what you’re saying is true, then it should make zero difference. it should be “okay this guy likes to wear a dress hat very nice, very cool. so you wanna go to to x y or z?”. when they see his levush change they realize he stands for something else now, that he identifies as a ben Torah so he doesn’t want to talk about or do these things. and then you know what? when that boy looks in the mirror he sees the levush a ben Torah and he’s going to have the mindset of a ben Torah. i’ve seen it plenty in my life.“The fact that people perceive some symbolism in the black hat, does not change what it is. A dress hat. No more, no less.” so gold is just a piece of metal. diamond is just some compressed carbon. the fact that people decided it looked pretty and made it expensive does not change what it is. compressed carbon. no more, no less. while you are right to some extent, there is a reality in the world that now it has more value because people gave it value. otherwise gold and diamonds would be dirt cheap, like any other rock. the only thing that has value no matter what people do is the Torah. other than that everything is inherently meaningless until meaning is put into it.
Dear Sam,
Those reasons are attached to the clothing. They are not the reasons behind the clothing itself.
Dear Simple,
Who said the world put chashivus into it? It is the same shirt as before. That was exactly the point the Rosh Yeshiva I quoted before was trying to make.
Gold has value because it does not rust. And lasts better and longer than common metals. Same for diamonds.
The Chazon Ish is in line with the tzaavah of Reb Avrohom Danzig: the author of Chayai Adam. There was a point in history that yidden thought that way. About everything. So what?
People attach all kinds of silly ideas to the black hat. There is no reason for someone who is growing without one, to get mixed up in it.
Ask your friends. I am the opposite. I get invited to all these places, with my hat, jacket. and white shirt. Maybe your friends can’t separate their clothing from who they are. A pity.
I am saying the opposite. People giving a “reality” to something that has no distinction, is propaganda. Such a “reality” would have to come naturally from the surrounding culture itself.
Day and night has meaning all by itself. And so do a million other nouns. Adjectives need context.
copper bronze and brass also never rust because of the low iron content and they last a very long time as well, but they aren’t expensive. gold is expensive because it’s pretty and popular. yet it was the standard currency for hundreds of years (prob more forgot my history) across the world. when i say meaning i don’t mean it like a word definition, i mean value people give it.
“The Chazon Ish is in line with the tzaavah of Reb Avrohom Danzig: the author of Chayai Adam. There was a point in history that yidden thought that way. About everything. So what?” explain this please. are you maybe more enlightened than the chazon ish, rav hutner, rav chaim, rav avigdor miller (if you want me to i can find more rabbonim who are in support of this idea) and every single chassidishe rebbe?
“People attach all kinds of silly ideas to the black hat. There is no reason for someone who is growing without one, to get mixed up in it.” mixed up in what? it’s just a dress hat. nothing to get mixed up in. then a lot of times you have rebbeim telling their talmidim to wear a hat. there should be no such decision making if levush made zero difference
“Who said the world put chashivus into it? It is the same shirt as before. That was exactly the point the Rosh Yeshiva I quoted before was trying to make.” the world gave chashivus to it when every single chassidishe sefardi and litvishe yeshiva requires it. the fact that it became the standard in the yeshivishe world now gives it chashivus. also please don’t quote me an anonymous rosh yeshiva from the ywn coffeeroom. i don’t know if that’s the most reliable source of information out there.
We seem to agree that clothing does not make it’s own meaning. I think it has to come from the surrounding culture. You seem to say, that meaning can be put into it intentionally. That is our disagreement.
Rav Miller’s essay does not support your theory. It points to specific clothing being silly. (The mets cap.) People could attach serious thinking to their clothing. But they do not. You have even attempted to make that argument with the yeshivishe levush.
In the old world, there was a lot of importance attached to many trivial matters. Therefore, everything in life was attached. Changing your outfit could lead one to being excommunicated. It is not like that today. And it is a poor argument that we are inferior because of it.
The fact that it is required points to how shallow it is. If it really meant something, than the value of it could be taught. Then, people would want to wear it. Only because it is meaningless, it has to be “enforced”. Clearly, meaning still has not been put into it. If your friends want to make meaning out of it, they can go right ahead. But who is to stop them from attaching some awful meaning to it?
Bump
What about a streimel and long reckel? They wore it not to mix with the goyim. Someone wanted to prove from the Torah to wear a long reckel. It was told to the Jews to borrow clothing and place it on their children. Why not on themselves? It was too short. However, maybe it says, I have not seen a forsaken tzadik whose children look for bread. When the children and father need bread, the children come first. So the clothing is used for the children first.
I heard Rav Avigdor Miller Zatzal saying “Black hats in itself has no meaning but it is the identifying dress of todays bnei torah. Therefore I wear it since I want to identify with that group of people. If they would all wear YELLOW hats I would wear THAT instead”
goyish:
– tight/skinny pants
– blue suits
– shiny/pointy modern shoes
– small hats & short brims
– fancy & modern watches/ties/beltbuckles
– colorful socks
– chup (purposely large clump of hair in the front)
– 4-piece yarmulkas
– too fat/unhealthy
– braces that stick out every time you smile
– tzitzis-to-the-sideso basically most of the anglo yeshivish world
> Therefore I wear it since I want to identify with that group of people.
So, following r Zusya, I identify as myself, so I wear the same hat as myself. Hope you too.
aaq
Do you follow R Zishe in everything like living in a hovel and wearing rags etc etc or only in your self identifacation?If the objective is to “identify” with a group (in this case “bnai torah”) it would seem you would do so through your actions and behavior rather than virtue signaling through your wearing a black hat and suit.
Gadoldorah
Of course you have to do the actions. Who implied otherwise?First of all, let me clarify my Brooks Brothers recommendation. It’s great if you have money to burn, but if you don’t, look for something more price-competitive.
Second, Joseph’s guidance is good, but it needs this caveat: The suit should fit, the shirt should be tucked in, and when it rains, do not put a plastic bag on your black hat to protect it. Black felt is naturally water-resistant and will be fine when the rain stops. You will not learn this by observing the bochurim going in and out of yeshivas.
Halachic question: How disheveled does a bochur have to be to be committing a sin against the Halachic dress code?
yeshivish, a fair question. I did – for a short time period, but then I went to study and work and got myself a heating system taht R Zusya did not have. So, I got upset when I realized that I will not be able to answer the question – “why I was not like Zusya” but, of course, I then realized that the harder question would be “why I was not Always Asking Questions”, so I am working on this here. Get it?
Gadol, maybe – and I – are confused because we are throwback to the previous generation! Not as far as Rishonim, but maybe 100+ years.
So – for us – wearing a black hat means dressing like a Talmid Chacham, Slobodka Rosh Yeshiva, etc – and the requirement is to behave accordingly, which is a tall order, and we both humbly do not pretend.
for the current kids, when the hats are in fashion for several generation, they are dressing like their high school Rebbe, their older brothers, and customers at Lakewood Pizza+. So, they legitimately strive to that level and do not understand our kvetching.
huju > do not put a plastic bag on your black hat to protect it. Black felt is naturally water-resistant and will be fine when the rain stops.
Is it so? Seems like most people are not aware, or maybe want to project that they care about their heilike hats.
I am too tired to fully respond to your comment, so for now, I will say that you have have completely missed the point. Plastic bags are not proper clothing for anyone.
Black hats are most certainly not water resistant. After a few rains, they are clearly not the same as before, and if it continues long term, the shape warps.
Bags or shayne coats are ab absolute necessity if one does not have a rain hat (as in, the hat which used to be your weekday hat, and before that was your shabbos hat, which previously was your yom tov hat)
Avira, thanks for clarifying the water non resistance! You just can’t trust internets any more!
Is it ok to keep the black hat in shul together with the talles & tefillin during rainy season? Or is it a financial risk? Some might learn not to worry about a stolen hat from a kal vahomer with the tefillin, but it is not so – as stealing tefilin is a bigger aveira, no “frum bochur” will dare, and also harder to resell! (I am channeling Rav Yehuda – a need for a convoy for Sotah v Niddah).
I disagree with all of you. First you need to think of fabrics that won’t affect your health, 100%cotton, or 100%lin of course no chatnez, try to stay away from nylon (aka polyester), and those are not necessarily expensive, you can find a 100% cotton shirt t H&M for 20 bucks! Chag Sameah you all!
Check out Chap-a-Chidush by The chidush rabbi. Two chapters are about yeshiva dress.
If you look at photographs of frum people that were taken 50 years ago, you will see that frum attire has evolved. Hats were smaller, shoes were wing-tipped, suits were differently tailored, and men were thinner. When deciding how to dress, go back to the mitzvahs and authoritative rabbis, not the brochures and yentas.
i am beyond shocked that gadolhadorah has said something sensible #goodOlJoe
conformity means something but it is only a meansi am sorry i read his later comments and i retract my last one
I hate spellcheck. Brochures vs. Bachurs.
Dear Always,
“Hope you too.”
So you don’t really identify as yourself.
Dear Squirrel,
Not even ten percent of bachurim would check off even half of your list.
huju,
“If you look at photographs of frum people that were taken 50 years ago, you will see that frum attire has evolved.”
We don’t need to go back 50 years. There are differences from 30 years ago, 20 years ago, even 10 years ago. How is the fact that popular frum styles of dress change and evolve relevant?
“and men were thinner.”
Ooh, burn.
“When deciding how to dress, go back to the mitzvahs and authoritative rabbis, not the [bochurim] and yentas.”
Tzitzis – check
No shatnez – check
Head covering – check
Modest, respectable attire – check.Seems like the mitzvos are covered by frum attire. As for authoritative rabbis, the ones I see tend to dress in the frum style. So I’m not sure what to do with this comment either.
huju,
“I am too tired to fully respond to your comment, so for now, I will say that you have have completely missed the point. Plastic bags are not proper clothing for anyone.”
He did not miss your point. He was asking a question on a statement you made that happens to be incorrect. I have spoken to several hatters who told me that many black felt hats will indeed be damaged by rain and must be protected. Some hats, such as Borsalinos, are claimed to be water resistant. I get from the context that you don’t like plastic bags on the hats, but rather than advising people to damage their hats in order to satisfy your sartorial sensibilities, you could have recommended other means, such as a specially designed raincoat (shaynecoat) or a rain hat, and people would not have “missed the point.”
Gadolhadorah,
“If the objective is to “identify” with a group (in this case “bnai torah”) it would seem you would do so through your actions and behavior rather than virtue signaling through your wearing a black hat and suit.”
The two are not mutually exclusive, and that’s just not how human society works, sorry.
Always_Ask_Questions,
“So – for us – wearing a black hat means dressing like a Talmid Chacham, Slobodka Rosh Yeshiva, etc – and the requirement is to behave accordingly, which is a tall order, and we both humbly do not pretend.”
This is a cop-out. Dress the part then strive to live it. When I’m in the grocery store in a white shirt and black pants, the only people who might confuse me for a rabbi are non-Jews or non-frum Jews. And if they call me rabbi I can correct them. And if they don’t call me rabbi, who cares? They don’t need me to pasken complicated shailos for them, they need a smile, hello, and occasionally to know what aisle the graham crackers are in.
Avram, when someone in a black 👒 cuts me off on th street, I point it out to the kids that this is hopefully just an am Haaretz in a hat and they shouldn’t think that talmidei chachomim drive like that. I can’t though plant this thought into other drivers’ heads
An illustration unrelated to 👒: someone asked r Twersky that her husband declared a month into marriage that according to the Torah, he is the decider and she needs to always listen to his decisions. Other than that, he is a nice person and learn well [full time ?). Rav patiently writes back Torah arguments she could use to correct his misconception, but unfortunately he is not addressing her illusion that he is a good learner…
Dear Always,
The fellow had been driving behind you for miles while you pointed out all sorts of things to your children. When you suddenly braked and veered toward the median to point out a sleeping skunk, he was fed up and went around you. You got flustered, and confused his dash-cam for a black hat.
Always_Ask_Questions,
“when someone in a black 👒 cuts me off on th street, I point it out to the kids that this is hopefully just an am Haaretz in a hat and they shouldn’t think that talmidei chachomim drive like that.”
Surely there are nicer things you can tell your kids. NYC driving is a completely different world than OOT driving. My grandfather would drive very differently in NY compared to OOT. I asked him about this, and he said, “this is my OOT driving, and this is my NY driving!” Perhaps your talmid chacham fellow motorist had little experience with OOT driving minhagim and thought you had fallen asleep due to your 0.5 second delay and lackluster effort on the gas pedal. Maybe you can provide a service to the Jewish people by producing informational pamphlets about OOT driving. Some suggested titles: “Thanks for the honking heads up, but I am aware the light turned green a second ago, let me finish this email”, “Here in Podunkville personal space means 1 car in a lane at a time”, or “If you make me brake I’ll be sad”.
“I can’t though plant this thought into other drivers’ heads”
You have made my argument for me! You must put on a black hat and jacket, and drive super slow in the left lane, allowing everyone in, waving and smiling. Change those perceptions!
Always_Ask_Questions,
“An illustration unrelated to 👒”
I’ll rebut with my own story unrelated to 👒. Once I received a phone call from some medical supplier I was unfamiliar with. I answered, and they asked to speak to some person who was not me. So I told them it was the wrong phone number. They apologized and wished me a good day. I wished them the same. They haven’t called me again.
Some excited responses related to driving… I agree that part of the explanation is that crazy NY drivers continue doing the same in the “rest of the world” (AKA OOT). This is somewhat an excuse for bochurim on I-95 driving to Florida, but not to people who moved to a community for 1 or more years already. You are supposed to follow local minhagim, not to say about traffic laws and human courtesy.
The NYers somehow think that others do not “know how to drive”. I once drove to NYC from Midwest with a native NYer at the wheel. He was beeped at at the yellow light just based on our pathetic license plate (he told me this is going to happen).
Alos, it is interesting why frumer Yidden drive similar to other MY-ers but are less assimilated on how they dress, how they walk on the sidewalk or shoot their neighbors … Maybe cars look impersonal – you are not dealing with a fellow yid, or human being, but just a piece of metal. If you use your seichel to imagine the person in the other car, you would behave better. Try it.
One trick my kids and I are using is counting how much hesed you do during a trip, letting people inside the lane, make a hard turn, etc. If you remember about it, you can consistently do it at least 2-3 times per trip.
Always_Ask_Questions,
“it is interesting why frumer Yidden drive similar to other MY-ers”
You already answered your question above: “You are supposed to follow local minhagim“. Based on your story, a failure to do so results in a good loud honking.
“One trick my kids and I are using is counting how much hesed you do during a trip, letting people inside the lane, make a hard turn, etc. If you remember about it, you can consistently do it at least 2-3 times per trip. “
So why not do this in a black hat and make a kiddush Hashem?
Note that the nuances of driving are complex. For example, when at a 4-way stop, it’s first come first go. If you decide to be Mr. Gracious Chosid Shoteh and let others go ahead of you, it causes frustration, as you are doing something the other drivers do not expect, which increases uncertainty (uhh why aren’t you going fella?). Safe driving requires a high level of decisiveness, so your movements are predictable. Also, if you allow kol haolam kulo to merge in front of you, that’s fine for you, but who permitted you to sentence the driver behind you to a delay?
I understand what you’re saying and I agree, I really do. I also try to let people in if I see them signalling, etc. But outside of flagrant rudeness (bad gestures or yelling, sustained honking, dangerous maneuvers that force you to take evasive action), it’s probably better for the blood pressure to work on assuming the other driver wasn’t deliberately trying to be rude than to declare him a boor. Many times when I’ve “cut someone off”, it wasn’t deliberate, and if I had a two-way radio, I’d say “oops, sorry about that.”
Avram > Also, if you allow kol haolam kulo to merge in front of you, that’s fine for you, but who permitted you to sentence the driver behind you to a delay?
Exactly, and concur with your other considerations. There are lots of halochos and heshbonos here, and there is no time to look up Mishna Berurah.
And it does depend on local minhagim. In one suburban area, there is a long major road with multiple subdivisions opening up. Most people who turn into their subdivision first hold traffic, letting 1-2 of their neighbors to get out. Everyone is ok with that, because they all experience same wait time to get to the road. Try this in any other place, forget NYC, and you’ll indeed be honked. And people who you are letting go, feel like this is a trap and do not move anyway. So, I think we agree here both on desirability of being a mentch, but also of challenges. As long as you are trying, you’ll achieve something. I am also wondering whether there is an effect here – I tried estimating whether letting someone in, increases the chance that they’ll let someone in after that. I think there are papers and gemoras about good behavior being as contagious as the bad one.
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