I don't like the constant arguments between secular and religious people, and between religious and secular people: who studies more, who works more, who is more civilized, and who serves the country more.
I think that whoever is truly better, the light in him should shine through the cracks in the walls of his home, and there is no need to look for proof of it in articles, columns, and surveys of all kinds.
Nevertheless, this time, I couldn't help but dwell on data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics on the state of society in Israel.
Suddenly, thanks to this publication, the Haredi public received written consent that it is the one who holds happiness.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, after decades of searching for happiness in all corners of the world, the treasure trove of happiness has been found - and where?
Right under the oven!
Suddenly it became clear that the happiness that every intelligent person seeks throughout his life is found among the residents of Bnei Brak, Jerusalem, Elad, and Beitar.
Yes, precisely those who live in poverty, destitution, lack, and without a minimum of means of subsistence – turned out to be the 'happy of the state'.
After the data was published, the masses began to ask - and were amazed: "How is this possible? Isn't common sense the opposite?".
Logically, people who live in abundance, wealth, and pleasure are supposed to be the happiest in the world, but reality is a slap in the face and emphasizes to those who have never heard of it before that "Who is rich? He who is happy in his lot!""
True, the Haredim earn less - so what? They have the true sources of happiness. Their sources of happiness cannot be bought, acquired or rented, they are the Torah and the faith that are planted in the hearts of each and every one of them.
One of the explanations they tried to give on the website 'The Marker' made me smile and giggle.
They tried to explain that the Haredim are happy because they don't work (or don't work enough). Would the general public really be better off if they were unemployed? Would they be happier?
And maybe the empty pit would quickly fill up with one big void? Maybe if they didn't work, they would go crazy, travel abroad more and look for more and more escape rooms for themselves from the nothingness and emptiness that surrounds them?
For your information, over there, at The Marker, the Haredi people work twice as hard. Studying is not easy, but at the same time raising a whole nation of children at home - it must be real hard work.
You constantly claim that raising one or two children, as is done in your homes, is unbearable and requires money and effort. Where is the investment appreciation when it is done in other homes?
True, the Haredim chose their lifestyle, they also chose to have children, as the Torah instructs them, but in the end, they raise them and invest in them endlessly. How can you call the mother of a family blessed with children a woman who doesn't work hard enough? How can you say that a woman who raises a family of ten, after a day's work as a teacher, or as a kindergarten teacher, or as an accountant, works less than one who spends her time sitting in an air-conditioned office until late afternoon?
I do not belittle the general effort, of course everyone invests a great deal of energy and resources in their job, but as people who are not suspected of their stupidity - try to find more successful explanations when you are looking for why happiness is found specifically in the Haredi population group.
If you can't find the answer to the riddle, you probably went to India in search of happiness, long before you had time to find out what was happening right under your nose.
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