Rav Hershel Schachter: Finding Meaning as a Ben Torah in the Workforce (Shiur plus Q&A)

Subscribe to our newsletter at Shtarktank.orgRav Hershel Schachter addresses one of the most persistent tensions in the frum professional world: does the ben Torah at work matter as much as the one in the beis medrash? Recorded live in partnership with the OU Israel Business Professionals Network, this episode includes the full shiur plus a Q&A.What's covered:Why Klal Yisrael needs doctors, lawyers, engineers, and businessmen just as much as it needs roshei yeshiva, and why the "learning is more important" mindset is a distortion, not a Torah valueThe little-known letter from Rav Elya Meir Bloch on why the religious world can't afford to run from Zionism, Tanach, or IvritA Q&A covering how much work is enough, whether a rabbi should be wealthy, balancing communal obligations against raising your own children, and a practical seder for using limited learning time (starting with Kitzur Shulchan Aruch)Why Rav Schachter has spent 30 years teaching high schoolers at NCSY Kollel, and what he sees in that generation