Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

that went into chinuch and regret.

There are people, there are definitely people that do regret, and there are people that shift careers at some point.

I also know people that went into other careers and then said, I can't do this, I need meaning in my life.

And then they went into chinuch.

One of my good friends, a principal in MTA now, was a lawyer.

And he's like, this is not for me.

And he just decided he's going to go into chinuch.

And now he's a principal in MTA, and he's doing unbelievable work.

Unbelievable work.

So, you know, there's...

You have to, you have to be, this was advice I got from Mariv Rabi, Rav Silver, Shalita.

He's the one that really pushed me to go into Chinuch and he sat down with me and he said, look, your other option is law school, right?

You're going to go to law school.

There is a clear trajectory when you go to Columbia Law School.

You come out, you do well, you get a job in a big firm, you start off making X amount of money when you're a second year associate, you make this amount of money, you're on a partner track, whatever it is, there's some sort of clear trajectory.

You have an idea where you're going to be in a couple of years' time.

When you go into chinuch, you don't really have an idea where you're going to be in a couple of years' time.

But I will tell you that, first of all, there were times where I had tremendous stability.

You know, I never had to worry about getting fired in DRS or in my shul.

And that stability and that peace of mind was extremely, extremely helpful because