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Q&A: Ideals Versus Practice in Education

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Ideals Versus Practice in Education

Question

Hello Rabbi!
I’m a young father, Religious Zionist, and I strongly identify with the Rabbi’s approach.
From what I understood from the Rabbi: it is preferable for a child to choose, even if he makes mistakes, than for a child to do the right thing מתוך lack of choice (just going with a flow created by unthinking education), because commandments without faith and choice are missing the main thing. And therefore, one should prefer Religious Zionist education over Haredi education.
Seemingly, there is a greater chance that a child studying in Haredi education will end up with both choice and commandment-observance than a child studying in a Religious Zionist framework, where the way out is more tempting and it is easier to become non-religious without having really examined things.
Isn’t Haredi education preferable, both practically and also from the standpoint of truth?
I know that arguments of “it works better” do not override the value of truth, but I think reality is not so dichotomous, and Haredi education does not produce thoughtless robots in the majority of cases, so why is it not preferable?
This is something that occupies me a great deal as a person who seeks truth and does not agree with the Haredi path, yet observance of commandments out of choice is the most important value I see in educating my children, and I’m afraid of Religious Zionist education from this perspective…

Answer

Hello.
All of these are generalizations, and I did not say this about Haredi or Religious Zionist education in general. I made a general statement.
As for educational approaches, I don’t have a simple answer. I tried this approach with my own children, but as long as there is no identification at home with the educational path of the school (the Haredi one), you may be putting them into conflicts. If you think like I do, then it will be hard for you to hear the quantities of nonsense they feed them in the cheder and stay silent. In such a situation, you will not be able to enjoy the advantages of Haredi education (which certainly do exist), and the damage may be greater than the benefit.
 

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