The frum world is also guilty of this. So rarely do people get together and talk about the tough issues of their lives. Rather, we give divrei Torah and sing songs. That's fine, but can we talk also about money, children, and marriage?
The components of our decisions are also absurd. Take aliyah. Most of the time people get into long winded diatribes about the Ramban or the 3 oaths or about national destiny or moshiach or faith. How about the basic appeal of the place, for example it's less corporate political system that has mutli-parties unlike the USA which really has one party? How about being with people who don't live to work as they do in the USA. These reasons are easier to connect to than the Ramban talking about mitzvos and the land.
Even faith as a goal we approach with too much talk. Yet another guilt trip about our lack of it. Faith comes from Jewish living more than it does speeches.
Or why we should not work too much because that shows a lack of faith. Rather, working too much destroys faith because you get sucked into the corporate cult and lose focus on God. So rather than resort to riding on clouds, just look at your life and you have your reasons.
The examples and offshoots of this are endless.
We need to be more practical.
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