Reply To: Frustrated at being in the middle of nowhere USA.

Live Right, then please tell me some reasons that NO ONE and I mean NOT ONE Black Hatter would look me in the eye when I walked in to a kolel wearing jeans and a polo. I wasn’t scruffy looking, smelling badly or anything. My dress was business casual (for a jeans day, that is). And I actually stopped in the area somewhat unprepared because I had been there a couple of times already with my rabbi (although I will admit I was dressed nicer) and I was in the area. I just stopped buy hoping to daven mincha or maybe study or just listen. When I was my rabbi, he know everyone and people were friendly towards both of us. I was SHOCKED at the change of the attitude of this community when I came by myself.

it’s one thing to judge a single person’s action but when 40 or 50 do the same thing, what kind of conclusion am I supposed to have?