Nov. 2, 2023

Transitioning from Torah to Trade: Navigating the Workforce with Spiritual Lessons and Resolve

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Season 5

Every once in a while, a young man's journey must transition from the spiritual realm of full-time Torah study to the pragmatic world of work, trading holy texts for payroll checks. This shift can be daunting, but it often infuses these individuals with a new sense of responsibility and accomplishment, fueling their success even further. As an example, a close friend of mine, fresh in the nursing home industry, shares how he grapples with industry jargon, often feeling like an annoyance as the 'newbie.' His determination to learn and succeed, however, is infectious and inspiring.

In this intriguing dialogue, we also explore the parallels between this learning curve and the path of Torah study and Mitzvot. Key takeaways from our friend's experiences underscore the importance of preparation, understanding the discourse, and having the courage to ask questions when in doubt. As we pursue our spiritual wealth, we must be open to asking, learning, and adapting. Join us as we draw on these insightful life lessons from the day-to-day experiences of our friend's transition into the workforce. You may find these lessons resonating in your journey, fueling your spiritual growth and professional development.

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There comes a time in every young man's life when the time is up at least there comes a time in most young gentlemen's lives that they have to close their gamaras from full time study.

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The Kohlal check doesn't cut it anymore and they need to go out into the workforce, find a full time parnasa, support the family and the transition.

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It could sometimes be tough, cumbersome for the young man and it's very interesting to notice how, by some individuals, when they were transferred from the Kohlal life to the workforce, the sense of accomplishment or responsibility that it brings on to the person will propel that young man even that much further in his atzlacha and Torah study.

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So I like to always strike up a conversation with some of my friends that have recently ventured in to the wilderness of the working world.

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One of my close friends has been now a week and a half in the nursing home industry after his uncle gave him a shot.

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He's a very hard working friend of mine so when I would invest in he's definitely going to be matzliyach.

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Hashem should make him matzliyach and see to it, and he does well.

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When I struck up a conversation with him he taught me something new about myself.

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He told me you know.

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A week and a half in, while I'm working as hard as I can, there are just some slang in the nursing home business that I don't know.

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Things are moving so quickly I'm trying to pick it up, but I just have to ask so many questions every time I don't know anything.

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I feel like I'm just an annoyance.

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I'm like the young intern that nobody wants to talk to, just the donut boy running to make coffee runs.

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I don't know what a ADC or CNA stand for and how am I supposed to remember what a CCRC is.

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Apparently, this is all part of the nursing home jargon.

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I keep asking, but it's annoying and I'm struggling.

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But he's going to do it and he's going to be matzliyach.

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But he taught me that when you start something new and something you're serious about, things move very quickly.

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It can be hard, but he taught me that if you really see that this is what you want to do and you want to be matzliyach and you take it as something that is absolute reality, then you've got to learn the way people talk about it, you've got to learn the jargon, you've got to ask when you don't know and you've got to give yourself some time until you acclimate yourself Too hatzlacha.

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So I was thinking in the realms of Torah, study in Mitzvot.

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You can't just dive in, but a person needs to prepare himself and make the hachana for the nursing home industry, for the reality and for the hatzlacha that a person really wants to become a millionaire in Torah as well and our avaitis Hashem.

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If you don't know the back and forth or the history of Abayin Rava, who wrote the Mishnahis, what Toshma or Hacha b'mai'askinan means, well then a person will be severely handicapped and his hatzlacha and limanatira to learn who wrote the sitter, where it came from, why we dive in like this, how people talk like this, what the difference between Hashem and Elohim is and why there are two different ways of describing Akkodeshpahach.

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So ask, ask, ask, ask, ask, ask, ask, ask, because it ain't abayishan l'aimid and if you want to be a millionaire in anything that you do, and most definitely a multi-millionaire in the ruchniest world, in the ruchniest world of Torah, you gotta ask when you don't know something, you gotta learn the way that the Torah talks and the way that Talmud e Chachamim talk and over time, hopefully, we'll all see Hacha b'mai'askinan and become Torah millionaires.