tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594551858000480911.post6323786061706865606..comments2023-10-11T22:45:32.049-04:00Comments on material maidel: mir boys are not for mirMaidelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11342989598403517433noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594551858000480911.post-72010796725384767852012-07-08T11:20:25.227-04:002012-07-08T11:20:25.227-04:00I agree with you!I agree with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594551858000480911.post-61416145990351558452008-10-30T23:44:00.000-04:002008-10-30T23:44:00.000-04:00unfortunately, there isn't a lot of breathing room...unfortunately, there isn't a lot of breathing room in a lot of the frum world. boys are forced to comply even if their personalities don't totally mesh. <BR/>but maybe because i've never experienced this type of pressure - and because i've always been all about being real - it still kind of bothers me to see people who pretend to be frum, but do non-frum things.Maidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342989598403517433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594551858000480911.post-30135817175352465902008-10-30T22:46:00.000-04:002008-10-30T22:46:00.000-04:00I was one of those "Mir" boys. I was always in ver...I was one of those "Mir" boys. I was always in very yeshivish yeshivas (there's no way to write that without it sounding wierd). I was always getting kicked out bec I'd rather be playing ball/shooting pool/going to movies/etc. than sitting and learning all day. Finally i decided that I need to go somewhere that I can do what I want and not have anyone breathing down my neck. It was the middle of the summer and I didn't know where to go for the next school year. i was up in the mountains and I was chilling out with a buddy of mine and he said "why don't you go to the Mir?"<BR/>So I did. <BR/><BR/>I think that the main reason that guys do that at the Mir is bec there are about 4,500 guys in the yeshiva, and there's no way for them to be on top of you.<BR/><BR/>To make a long story short, (too late) I was in Israel for two years, had a TON of fun (mostly kosher-ish), met my wife, actually got in some trouble with the mir (its always hard for a redhead to blend in, even in a yeshiva of 4,500 guys), and I would recommend it for any guy who is mature enough to make his own boundaries.Squeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17454956875107417734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594551858000480911.post-8875169332614017632008-08-18T13:55:00.000-04:002008-08-18T13:55:00.000-04:00I think those guys are the exceptions. I would hop...I think those guys are the exceptions. I would hope that most guys who are in Mir yeshiva are not leading double lives, and are dedicated to their learning.Jewish Side of Babysitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792110478994916775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594551858000480911.post-68702623519977655362008-07-28T23:40:00.000-04:002008-07-28T23:40:00.000-04:00one thing i've learned in all my twenty-something ...one thing i've learned in all my twenty-something years of life = reputation means nothing.Maidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342989598403517433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594551858000480911.post-28938745780054819092008-07-23T10:05:00.000-04:002008-07-23T10:05:00.000-04:00nice title for the post.one thing i learned when i...nice title for the post.<BR/><BR/>one thing i learned when i was in yeshiva is that almost every yeshiva has its talmidim who do the things you mention (and more). it didn't matter how right wing.<BR/><BR/>it was funny once when a friend and i crashed by his friend's yeshiva one night (our yeshiva was not in the jerusalem area and we had nowhere to stay). the students and even one teacher basically made fun of our yeshiva (it was relatively liberal), meanwhile this yeshiva was full of scummy guys who went out every night to get stoned.Lion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594551858000480911.post-36402625858435587832008-07-21T10:15:00.000-04:002008-07-21T10:15:00.000-04:00I hope these Mir guys that you met don't ruin the ...I hope these Mir guys that you met don't ruin the other Mir guys' reputations. (Please Note: My brother is a Mir guy and he does not smoke, drink, hang out with girls, etc.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com