Yet, people are now taking Yiddishe children and putting them into the hands of the yetzer hara, to tear them away from Torah!” ( Toras Menachem vol. “Throughout all the generations, Yidden would cover the child with a tallis to bring them into cheder, so that they wouldn’t be affected by the “ ayin hara,” which is the satan and yetzer hara who cannot handle Yiddishe children learning Torah. In various sichos, which we will bring throughout this article, the Rebbe spoke about how detrimental it is to the children’s Yiddishkeit and to their general wellbeing. The Rebbe was impassioned about the topic and spoke about it forcefully.
403), the Alter Rebbe explicitly says that he is referring to subjects that are kelipas noga-neutral in content, which would include even math and language that isn’t relevant to immediate avodas Hashem.
As the Rebbe writes in one letter ( Igros Kodesh vol. The Rebbe is clear that is applies to even innocuous subjects, and not just subjects with potentially problematic content, such as science or history. When something becomes tamei, it doesn’t look any different. The Rebbe points out that the Alter Rebbe doesn’t use the term assur or passul-but tamei, impure. Secular studies, the Alter Rebbe says, have a uniquely detrimental effect on a person: whereas material pleasures blunt a person’s love for Hashem, secular studies blunt his mind and make it “ tamei.” In perek ches of Tanya, the Alter Rebbe explains various levels of kelipos, and how each of them affect a person. What exactly is wrong with innocuous secular studies? 73)īut from his chassidim, the Rebbe demanded the ideal choice: to establish chadorim and yeshivos entirely focused on Torah and Yiddishkeit, without any secular education at all. The Rebbe encouraged yeshivos to at least minimize the emphasis on secular studies as much as possible and that it should be scheduled later in the afternoon. Desperate to secure their children’s financial wellbeing, many insisted on getting their children a secular education.įrom the earliest years of the nesius, the Rebbe tirelessly battled this flawed mindset on various fronts. Yet, in the new world, things were somehow different.
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In the cheder of old, boys learned Torah full time, and it was unheard of for a traditional frum cheder to teach non-Torah subjects. Throughout the nesius, the Rebbe fought strongly for teaching children pure Torah exclusively.Īs Yidden immigrated to America, and especially after the Holocaust, a difficult challenge gripped the Jewish community. While it has become normal, in some places, for frum schools to include secular subjects, this was never the case in chadorim of old.
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