All Entries Tagged With: "kollel support"
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 [...]
Anti Kollel Sentiment on the Rise
You may think that anti kollel sentiment is found primarily in modern orthodox circles, where the boys typically go to college, get a degree, and find a career for themselves. However, you may be surprised to learn that more and more, even mainstream yeshivishe people are expressing negative views about kollel. I was giving someone [...]
The # 1 Reason Why to Leave Kollel
In order to make a decision to leave kollel, you have to have a good reason for doing so. Here is a list of perfectly valid reasons, but there is one reason that stands out above all: Parents/in-laws financial support ending Not feeling “fulfilled” Getting older Wife unable/unwilling to be the sole income producer Growing [...]
Feeling Trapped by Kollel Support
I think that the most unintended consequence of being supported (by shvers, fathers, or the government) in kollel is the squeeze that it puts on all of us. Because we are being supported, we have parnossa (barely, but somehow we make it). Becasue we are low-income families, we are eligible for programs. If we would [...]
