All Entries Tagged With: "kollel support"
The Unbearable Stress of Supporting Kids in Kollel
The most obvious problem with the practice of supporting children in kollel is the great financial and emotional stress it places on their parents. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that a typical Jewish family of 6-7 children making anywhere from $70,000-$140,000 a year cannot afford to give their married children $1200-$2500(!) a [...]
Supporting Kids in Kollel – The Harmful Side Effects
Supporting kids in kollel sounds like a very noble cause. After all, by helping them financially, you are making it possible for them to live in an ideal situation, where the husband can spend his days fully engrossed in learning without worrying about earning a living. Financial support, together with the wife/mother working and some [...]
Being Supported in Kollel is Not Free Money
Another tragic kollel story: A 41 year old who learned in Yeshiva in the US and moved to Eretz Yisroel has been sitting and learning in kollel while being supported by his in-laws. They give him $2,000 a month, and he manages to stuggle along. Of course, the in-laws fly the family in to America [...]
Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Buying Seforim with Maaser Money
I was recently reviewing a sefer on the halachos of Maaser Kesafim dealing with the different things one can do with his maaser money. There is an opinion in halacha that allows one to purchase seforim with maaser money if he makes them available for public use. The sefer then quoted from Rav Chaim Kanievsky [...]
Is Supporting a Son-in-Law in Kollel an Essential Need?
When it comes to giving tzedaka, we try to make sure that our money is indeed going for a worthy cause. No one would want to give money for a family that is in “dire straits” only to find out that they used the funds to go to Florida for a vacation. Making a chassuna [...]
Supporting Kids in Kollel – Are They Really Happy With It?
A common belief among parents of children learning in kollel is that financially supporting them throughout their years of learning is a positive experience. However, that almost always is never the case. A recent informal study done by Kollel Guy revealed that kollel men who were supported by their parents or in-laws for a period [...]
Kollel Support Even After Divorce?
Sometimes you hear a story that shocks you so badly you can’t believe it to be true. But when it happens to close people you know, it becomes even more difficult to believe. Yes, it is the norm that young men are supported by their parents and in-laws during their first years of marriage while [...]
When Supporting Kids Just Never Stops
Reading Mishapacha’s article about the late philanthropist Moshe Saba of Mexico City, I came across something which is sure to be a controversial issue among many of you. Moshe Saba, who was worth in the hundreds of millions, insisted that his son Alberto work part time. Here is the quote from Mishpacha magazine: “Last Elul, [...]
Kollel Survival During Economic Crisis
Matzav has a story how some kollelim in Eretz Yisroel attempted to automatically deduct ma’aser from the yungerleit’s checks, saving the kollel 10% during these extremely difficult financial times. Rav Chaim Kanievsky was quoted as saying that this cannot be considered as a ma’aser contribution, only as a cut in salary, and thus the yungerleit [...]
Fending for Yourself When Times are Hard
For years now, kollel has been indirectly funded primarily by the boom in real estate that so many of our bretheren had investments in. Now that the economy has dried up and real estate prices have gone south, funding for kollel has taken a big hit. This affects both the kollel stipends themselves, forcing them [...]
