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<font style="text-align: center; color:red">Ideally, this page is dedicated to the opinion of Chazal, the rishonim, and achronim. All other opinions may be placed on the discussion page.</font><br> | <font style="text-align: center; color:red">Ideally, this page is dedicated to the opinion of Chazal, the rishonim, and achronim. All other opinions may be placed on the discussion page.</font><br> | ||
How a Jew interacts with the rest of the world is a complex and critical issue to be well aware of. What do we mean by the "Outside World"? Being a vague term, we chose to define it in this discussion to non-Jews and their cultures. | How a Jew interacts with the rest of the world is a complex and critical issue to be well aware of. What do we mean by the "Outside World"? Being a vague term, we chose to define it in this discussion to non-Jews and their cultures. | ||
==Value 1: Positive Environment== | |||
# It is clear that Chazal strongly advised living in a place of Torah; that is, a place where there is a positive influence of Torah and mitzvot.<ref>Rabbi Nehorai in Pirkei Avot 4:14 states that a person should be exiled to a place of Torah. Further sources supporting this point are: Pirkei Avot 6:9, Shabbat 147b, Ketubot 111a.</ref> The primary motivation for this is that a person is influenced by his surroundings<ref>Gemara Sukkah 56b</ref> and friends.<ref>Pirkei Avot 1:6, Mesilat Yesharim ch. 23 citing Melachim Bet 12 and Tehillim 101:7</ref> | |||
==Approach 1: Seclusion== | ==Approach 1: Seclusion== | ||
# Some people feel in that in order to avoid any negative influences of secular society it is preferable to become completely secluded from society even if it comes at the cost of being able to enjoy a broader, more engaged, and comfortable life.<ref>Evidence that chazal believed in distancing ourselves from the outside world: | # Some people feel in that in order to avoid any negative influences of secular society it is preferable to become completely secluded from society even if it comes at the cost of being able to enjoy a broader, more engaged, and comfortable life.<ref>Evidence that chazal believed in distancing ourselves from the outside world: | ||
