R' Wallerstein took the opportunity to say a most unpopular view, acknowledging that he could not say this in a talk to girls or he'd lose 80% of them. He said that what he has to say is the truth though people don't want to acknowledge it and a rabbi saying it will be seen as hopelessly out-of-touch with today's reality. What he said is:
Women belong in the tent, in the home, taking care of their home and children. Men are supposed to go out and provide for their families. Men should get up early and learn before they daven and then go to work and learn again in the evening.
Sarah was in the tent. She didn't serve the guests because it wasn't modest for her to serve men. Sarah did not have a career. She wasn't a PT, OT, or speech therapist.
Too many of today's children are being put on the bus and taken off the bus by foreign help. Having this help around the house when the husband is there leads to serious problems.
To many of today's kids are on Prozac, seeing therapists, sleeping till 4:00 in the afternoon.
Women today are embarrassed to say they are a housewife.
Boys in shidduchim who say they want to be supported for years and expect their wives to do it, who don't change their plans when their wives are pregnant, not feeling well, what is their learning worth?
All the foregoing are R' Wallerstein's remarks. I give him lots of credit for saying the unpopular truth. Is anybody listening?
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