Yeshivos: Blight or Blessing?

As we approach Chag Matan Torah, let’s consider whether the institutions professionally dedicated to Torah - yeshivos - are a blight on society or a blessing.

I spent many years in yeshiva. At the time I was, of course, convinced that I was in the greatest environment in the world, doing the best possible thing. Completely isolated from wider society, I was dedicated to doing nothing other than learn Torah every day until late at night, including Fridays and Motzai Shabbos. And the yeshiva made i...