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Eps 2. Let’s Talk Getting Into Mesivta

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Garfield and Rabbi Schonfeld engage with listener feedback on the pressures surrounding getting into mesivta, particularly focusing on the concept of the "elite right." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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EducationJewish SchoolsRabbi SchonfeldRabbi GarfieldCommunity ExpectationsMesivtaPressureStudent PreparationElite Right

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