In Haaretz, someone wrote an editorial in response to the recent fighting between Haredi leaders and the Israel high court regarding whether schools that do not provide secular studies should receive state funds to help run the schools. Avi Garfinkel claims that the Haredi world is trying to again lie about the history of "Yeshiva" learning in order to guarantee that the high court will reconsider. As Garfinkel claims, Judaism not only tolerates secular studies, but it also requires them. As with most editorials, the author only presents a half truth. There is a strand, starting back in the Talmud, of those following the idea that Torah should be studied 24/7. The fact that such study was not for the average person is the real issue to be discussed regarding today's Israeli haredi society. Not everyone is capable of learning Torah and succeeding in it. The majority will not succeed, and without a secular education, will have no future. We need to rethink how we view the Yeshiva, because perhaps while there can be a few institutions with students sitting and really delving deep with Torah, the rest should provide basic skills, even if only vocational. No one is telling them to allow "dangerous" secular subjects in the schools.