The Illusion of Happiness Kol Barama Issue 304
ליקוטי שמואל | September 05, 2025
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The Illusion of Happiness Kol Barama Issue 304

ליקוטי שמואל | December 10, 2025

Yochai A. was born in a small Jerusalem neighborhood to wonderful parents, his parents pinned their hopes on him that he would grow up in Torah. He was sent to the best Torah school and then to a small yeshiva with a good name, and from there to a large yeshiva that did not suit his spiritual qualities. At a certain point, he "cooled down" in his faith and rarely prayed and concentrated on the issues that were studied in the yeshiva, "I can't sit and study, what will I make a living from when I get married?" "Oh my God," his friend Avraham rebuked him, "you are only 17 years old, you have all your life to work, where are you running?" And so Yochai found himself working in a bakery, saying: "I live my life to work for a living, with ten fingers, with sweat and toil, if I am

Yochai A. was born in a small Jerusalem neighborhood to wonderful parents, his parents pinned their hopes on him that he would grow up in Torah. He was sent to the best Torah school and then to a small yeshiva with a good name, and from there to a large yeshiva that did not suit his spiritual qualities. At a certain point, he "cooled down" in his faith and rarely prayed and concentrated on the issues that were studied in the yeshiva, "I can't sit and study, what will I make a living from when I get married?" "Oh my God," his friend Avraham rebuked him, "you are only 17 years old, you have all your life to work, where are you running?" And so Yochai found himself working in a bakery, saying: "I live my life to work for a living, with ten fingers, with sweat and toil, if I am

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