As reported by Behadrei, at an annual educational conference of a chain of kollels Rav Moshe Tzadka discussed a variety of challenging issues facing the yeshivas today, including issues of the way the yeshiva boys dress, Thursday night cholent, haircuts, and others.

While I am curious as to what was said about some of those issues, the decision was basically that there isn't anything they can actually do and must detail these issues in the yeshivas rules of conduct document and enforce it.

It seems the Thursday night cholent issue is considered far more serious than any of the others. Rav Tzadka said in his yeshiva they wanted to bring in cholent for the boys no Thursday nights during the winter months but he refused to let them. Rav Tzadka said it is a horrible sin, the worst possible sin, to have cholent on Thursday nights, the boys go and mingle with all sorts of other bochurim, that is the worst sin. And having cholent Thursday night is foolish and is degrading to the honor of Shabbos and has no equivalent.

If he thinks that eating cholent on Thursday night is the worst sin possible, he does not have much of an imagination, and definitely has no idea what else his students might be up to.. I can definitely think of worse sins.. I do admit though that I am intrigued by his claim that consuming cholent on Thursday nights is degrading to the honor of Shabbos. 

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