[Avodah] Questions as a Result of the Flatbush Lakewood Shabbos

[Cantor Wolberg]

"One of the Roshei Yeshiva eloquently spoke about the years that
Yaakov spent studying in the yeshiva of Shem V'Ever. (As we all know,
these years are not mentioned openly in the Chumash.) However, he
failed to make any mention that the Torah tells us in considerable
detail how Yaakov worked diligently for Lavan for 20 years. It would
seem to me that years of work in order to support a family are
considered of some importance, given that the Torah mentions them."

It would seem that was exactly why he spoke about the years that Yaakov
spent studying in the Shem V'Ever Yeshiva -- because it is NOT in the  
Torah.
Therefore, we need to hear about it. We already know about the details  
of Yaakov
working for Lavan, therefore he didn't have to expand on that.

"I davened with the Maariv minyan at which the Rosh Yeshiva davened.
(This Shtiebel has a practice of making several minyanim for Maariv
on Motzoei Shabbos.) When it came to Shemoneh Esrei, it took the Rosh
Yeshiva a long time to daven. Indeed, the Rov of the shul as well as
all of the others who davened with this minyan finished well before
the Rosh Yeshiva and therefore had to wait a good few minutes for the
Rosh Yeshiva to finish. In light of the piece below, I can only
wonder if what he did was appropriate.:

It might very well be when the R"Y davens privately, his shemoneh esrei
would take twice as long as it did last Shabbos. Secondly, the man is
not looking around while davening and not being too conscious of his
surroundings, it seems unfair to attribute inappropriateness to him. Dan
l'chaf z'chus also refers to a Rosh Yeshiva.
ri
P.S. I must say that I was embarrassed to see a R"Y criticized publicly.





  
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