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20.2.15



 I think that if if people would find a Lithuanian kind of yeshiva to learn in even for just one hour a day, that everything in their  lives would turn around.


[In this context, I have to add the condition to avoid cults. Many places made a show  and claim of learning Torah, but in fact are highly destructive, evil cults. For this reason I specific the condition and adjective "Lithuanian" Yeshivas.]  


Not everything that claims to be Kosher is Kosher.  Cults are cults no matter how much money and success they have. 

The advantage of a Litvak yeshiva is that its social meme is the Torah. It does not in theory recognize any authority except for the Oral and Written Torah. The advantage of this is there are no false gods that are worshiped. And if something is going on that is not like the Torah says, you can call them on it. For the Torah is the final authority and arbitrator,--not any person.

And it is not just a place to learn Torah, but a community that is founded on the same social meme--the Torah.  

The problem in yeshivas is trolls. The Sitra Achra  (Realm of Darkness) can penetrate the protective shielding.


Trolls can sometimes be heads of yeshivas also. So things are not always so simple.  And we know from the Rambam that the vector is the determining factor.
How do you see this in the Rambam? In story about the king that had a palace and country around him. People were graded by their closeness to the king. But only on condition their vector was towards the king.
What we see in Lithuanian yeshivas is radical sectarianism. But not radical enough and not radical in the right directions. Weird people are rigorously excluded while they are usually the most talented and sincere. Country club yeshivas are problematic when they claim to be about Torah. When they are private clubs they give a bad name to Torah.