All Entries Tagged With: "maaser"
Support Your Kids at Whose Expense?
When parents support their married children in kollel, even if they can afford it, there are others who are hurt by their choice. Since they are supporting their children, they have less money to give to tzedaka, and those institutions suffer. Every community needs basic infrastructure in order to maintain frum life – shuls, yeshivas, [...]
September 27, 2011 | Comments 2
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 [...]
September 05, 2009 | Comments 0
