To Be Free

      I find it very curious and not coincidental that people OTD are often called frei which is Yiddish for free. Its usually proclaimed in a derogatory manner but It still makes me take pause. So often those who go OTD do so because they yearn to be free of mitzvos. I am not sure why many who are OTD prefer to refer to themselves in a negative like off the derech instead of saying they are free Jews. That would sound a lot more positive. Hmm...