All Entries Tagged With: "mesirus nefesh"
Peer Pressure – Keeping Up With Friends & Neighbors
Another negative consequence of parental support to young kollel families is the tremendous pressure it places on everyone else. This problem is readily apparent in Lakewood, but it occurs even in Eretz Yisroel. It is hard enough for an idealistic young couple to begin marriage with the plan to “live with nothing” while learning in [...]
June 30, 2011 | Comments 5
The Gedolim Speak Out Against Excessive Kollel Support
Mishpacha magazine reported this week about a meeting that was held recently in Bnei Brak by an organization called Shehasimcha Bimono. The purpose of the meeting was to try and put an end to the prohibitive demands of support made by bochurim in shidduchim from girls’ parents, such as expensive apartments in Bnei Brak and [...]
February 17, 2010 | Comments 2
