All Entries Tagged With: "Lakewood yeshiva"
A Better Way than Kollel Checks
After devoting many posts to the problems with the current system of kollel checks, its time to come up with some suggestions. Many would just say, “Let’s abolish the whole check in its entirety.” However, its usually a far better suggestion to come up with creative new ways of doing things instead of just abolishing [...]
Should Kollel Have Term Limits?
The debate surrounding instituting term limits is not only for politicians, but for kollel yungerleit as well. Should kollel yungerleit receiving a check from their kollel also be subject to a specific time limit, say 5 or more years? In Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens, the kollel program is a 6 year program, during which [...]
Rav Mattisyahu Solomon on Leaving Kollel
The mashgiach of Lakewood Yeshiva, Rav Mattisyahu Solomon, is the natural destination for the many kollel yungerleit of the famed yeshiva to bring their issues to. A friend of mine who left kollel at the somewhat surprising point of only 5 years related to me his experience bringing this matter before the mashgiach. As Rav [...]
