He Could Have Been a Rosh Yeshiva. He Chose Med School. (ft. Ashi Taragin)

Ashi Taragin had every reason to stay in yeshiva. He didn't. His father is Rabbi Reuven Taragin. His mother is Rebbetzin Shani Taragin. He taught at Gush, ran Torah classes for hundreds of IDF soldiers seeking conversion, and had the pedigree to become a rosh yeshiva. Instead, he became an ER doctor at Sharei Tzedek, a lawyer, a mohel, and a sofer — and he'll tell you that combination makes him a better Torah teacher. In this episode of Shtark Tank, Ashi breaks down what it actually looks like to live the Rambam model: Torah and melachah not as a concession to reality, but as a religious conviction. We talk about why financial independence from Torah makes your Torah sharper, what it's like to be the unofficial rav of an emergency room paskening end-of-life shailos in real time, and why he thinks a baal habayis today, especially in a time of war, carries one of the greatest zechuyos a person can have. We also get into the danger of rabbanim who can't say what they actually think because their salary depends on the community, how studying medical malpractice law made him a better doctor, and why his last year in yeshiva he just wanted out. This one is for anyone who has ever wondered whether leaving the beis medrash is a step down. Ashi makes a compelling case that it doesn't have to be. ---------------------------------------- Subscribe for new episodes every week. #SharkTank #TorahAndWork #BaalHabayis #JewishPodcast #RambamModel #TorahUMadda #IsraeliDoctors #JewishLife