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He Could Have Been a Rosh Yeshiva. He Chose Med School. (ft. Ashi Taragin)

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I I think to be a ba'al habayit, it's a huge tsos. And um you know, especially today where we live in a time of war where people have to go out to timche levin. You know, I think that that's exactly that. It's taking Torah and saying it's not enough to sit in the beit midrash. You have to go out. And I think that's what something that is understanding now. I was very young. I was 20. And they were like, "Listen, you're too young. We can't really hire you." And then a few hours later, they're like, "You know what? We're all going to hire you because you have no one else." hire you because you have no one else." else. And I didn't really leave yeshiva. I felt like, "Okay, this is the first step." And then we move on to the second step, which is taking Torah and impacting it. And also, after you leave yeshiva, you still you still learn Torah. I said I did smicha. I did that also after you I finished it after yeshiva. You can still learn Torah after. And I feel like after I I did not like my last year in yeshiva because I felt like I need to be That's it. It's enough. I'm ready to go out. So, I think it's okay. And not just it's okay. It's It's good that you're not learning Torah all day because I you need to be doing stuff in this world. Hashem put you in this world

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  1. 0:00I I think to be a ba'al habayit, it's a huge tsos. And um you know,
  2. 3:03their path and becoming a a teacher or a machanech? >> Uh yes. Yes and no.
  3. 5:34implementing it out in the field. I think that's part of being a rav. And unfortunately
  4. 8:40you know, out of emunah, that this is the right thing and I'm doing it lishmah.
  5. 11:11you take take money you do the job more seriously. I found this when I do
  6. 14:13Torah, it impacts the the the work that you do, where you feel yourself as a
  7. 16:44choice of profession versus others? >> So, as you said, it's a big close to be
  8. 19:17lot of lawyers would not be better than MS. It would cause people to lie or
  9. 22:19and you were able to give me the shade a little bit until my yeshiva I
  10. 24:51would speak about a lot. Rav Meidan. So, I felt like, "Okay, this is the first

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