QUESTION:
Is it better to live in a neighborhood with people on all different levels of Yiddishkeit, or should I strive to live in the most frum neighborhood possible?
ANSWER:
There is no necessity to try to live in a more Chareidi (religious, G-d fearing) neighborhood, and this is because the entire concept of being Chareidi is basically non-existent today. This is because anyone who owns a smartphone is not Chareidi (G-d fearing) at all. To our pain, there are many people today in every Chareidi neighborhood who own smartphones, and therefore there is no more “Chareidi” neighborhood today.
So you would need to find a community where the standards of Yiddishkeit are higher, if you have a need to find yourself in a community.
So you would need to find a community where the standards of Yiddishkeit are higher, if you have a need to find yourself in a community.
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