I was listening to a shiur (I don't remember who) and I caught one of those "hm" thoughts.
He spoke about those stories you hear in which a bochur was smacked or scolded by his rebbe and, lo-and-behold, the bochur left the yeshiva for who-knows-what. Of course people blame the actions of the rebbe in such cases. But what people don't realize is it's never a two step process. They assume that; step one is the rebbe giving the smack or a severe scolding, step two is the bochur goes off the straight path.
Wrong. It's a three step process. Step one is he was raised with such a mindset that, when step two happens, he will react in just that way.
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