Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Question for all you Kollelnicks
For all of you who are in Kollel I have a question. If the Kollel did not pay you $50,000 a year, and tuition was not covered for your kids, would you still learn at that kollel? Or does hishtadlus tell you to look for a Job and make a Kavuah seder for the night?
Yes folks, $50,000 for the White Oak Kollel!! Incentives include Free tuition at the expense of the community so tack on another $10,000 plus other tax benefits.
Hey..."Pashut Yid", I know who you are, I think you are in the wrong Kollel. Good Shabbos!
Yes folks, $50,000 for the White Oak Kollel!! Incentives include Free tuition at the expense of the community so tack on another $10,000 plus other tax benefits.
Hey..."Pashut Yid", I know who you are, I think you are in the wrong Kollel. Good Shabbos!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Breaking News!
Apparently, there are some readers who believe that Kollels are supported by G-D only. Communities have nothing to do with paying for there children, rents, and so forth...
I find it selfish that Baal Habbatim have to limit their amount of children that they bring into this world due to the financial hardships and mounting bills that occur. However, kollel members appear to have the Green light to produce many beautiful children. Are they entitled to this benefit more so then Ball Habbatim?
I find it selfish that Baal Habbatim have to limit their amount of children that they bring into this world due to the financial hardships and mounting bills that occur. However, kollel members appear to have the Green light to produce many beautiful children. Are they entitled to this benefit more so then Ball Habbatim?
Friday, February 13, 2009
Does Silver Spring Need another Kollel?
Although this topic has never been brought up on this blog it is an important one for those who will need to pay for the new kollel member's tuitions.
White Oak has started a shtark kollel called the Kollel of Greater Washington. Granted it is nice to have Torah being spread amongst the community, however was this needed?
I look at it like this: If a community needs to grow there has to be money involved. Essentially that was the idea for starting this kollel. Why then would it make sense to attract more families, who will need financial assistance? How does this inflate a community? If the money runs out the incentive (in this case the kollel) disappears.
I look at the Yeshiva kollel, How successful was it to draw in a big Jewish community? Was it kollel that increased the Kemp Mill community? Or is it the schools in the area that bring the people in?
Personally, I think it is a Leader that draws people to a community. We all have seen established communities pick themselves up and move to Israel, for example. I leader defines their people, not a people defining a Leader.
Torah should not be used as an incentive to draw people to a community. There is no Halachic ruling that says that a "Kollel" needs to be in a community or even two. There is a need to have a Mikva, and a Shul.
Torah is an essential platform that a community needs to be created on but if it is used as a
"cheap" tool to create a community it can not happen. I think that using it as a tool is actually degrading it and may touch on using HIS name in vain.
Leaders start and uphold a community. In Europe and the times of the Gemorrah there were specific towns and cities that had Torah institutions but they were few.
I wonder if Lakewood envisioned having a bustling Jewish community? The reason for going to this area was to get away from the city.
Any comments?
White Oak has started a shtark kollel called the Kollel of Greater Washington. Granted it is nice to have Torah being spread amongst the community, however was this needed?
I look at it like this: If a community needs to grow there has to be money involved. Essentially that was the idea for starting this kollel. Why then would it make sense to attract more families, who will need financial assistance? How does this inflate a community? If the money runs out the incentive (in this case the kollel) disappears.
I look at the Yeshiva kollel, How successful was it to draw in a big Jewish community? Was it kollel that increased the Kemp Mill community? Or is it the schools in the area that bring the people in?
Personally, I think it is a Leader that draws people to a community. We all have seen established communities pick themselves up and move to Israel, for example. I leader defines their people, not a people defining a Leader.
Torah should not be used as an incentive to draw people to a community. There is no Halachic ruling that says that a "Kollel" needs to be in a community or even two. There is a need to have a Mikva, and a Shul.
Torah is an essential platform that a community needs to be created on but if it is used as a
"cheap" tool to create a community it can not happen. I think that using it as a tool is actually degrading it and may touch on using HIS name in vain.
Leaders start and uphold a community. In Europe and the times of the Gemorrah there were specific towns and cities that had Torah institutions but they were few.
I wonder if Lakewood envisioned having a bustling Jewish community? The reason for going to this area was to get away from the city.
Any comments?
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