Donations to Seder Yeshivas

What, for example, is defined as a "significant contribution to her students and the world"?

In these troubling days, wouldn't it be better to contribute to a yeshiva that brings a smile to your face, a smile that will be visible even through a mask?

Best regards, Shimshon Litz, President of the ‘Har Humor’ Institutions, Moshav Litzim

Thanks for your help Shatzel, I don't know what we would do without you.
Want to donate?

To Rezin – Hello,

A fundraising campaign for an anonymous yeshiva is really funny. Do you really expect someone to donate without knowing who they are donating to?

In my experience with such campaigns, those who want to donate to their institution – turn to potential donors, first and foremost to the institution's alumni, and later to the general public. The appeal is made personally by phone or email, or a prospectus is sent, and the recipient of the request – decides whether to accept or not.

Haven't you heard of the human right to privacy?

Best regards, Shin Rezin

No, I expect to arouse interest, if I see one I will give more details, when I find that there is not even a drop of interest I understand that salvation will not come from here.
But seriously, the question was mainly A + B, Ai”S, G’ It was asked in jest and my response to your helpful response was written with sarcasm.

Thank you,
R-Cini.

On the 13th of Tevet 5771

To the Rach, – Hello,

I will enlighten you with some of the facts of life:

The person in the national-religious sector receives requests for support for Torah institutions and those in need, many every day, by mail, telephone, e-mail and media channels. All of them detail and justify their great need, and back this need up with recommendations.

From the daily abundance of requests, the national-religious person, who is usually preoccupied with the thousand and one expenses that lie upon him – must choose the few requests that he can meet, and often his financial situation does not allow him to respond generously, or to respond at all.

What is required from these facts is:

A. An anonymous request, there is no point in responding at all. Let them introduce themselves, and then they might jump to the top of the donor's priorities.

B. Publicly addressing a person is embarrassing. I don't need to detail to the whole world my financial capabilities or my preferences.

Therefore, the recommended advice is to do like everyone else. Either address the general public in the hope that some of them will respond. Or personally address the person discreetly and not publicly. The best thing is to contact the yeshiva's alumni or people known to be close to the spirit.

Regarding your yeshiva - you can send me a prospectus by email, and I may send a check (I don't have a credit card). I don't expect a significant amount from me, but maybe an idea will come to my mind about an acquaintance who would be a "savior close to me", and "your friend, a friend with you".

My email is: shimloewinger@gmail.com

Regards, Sh”z Loewinger

Dear public servant, I understood your words, this is how we do things even if it seemed otherwise.

Thank you for your detailed response, but I repeat that the purpose of the question was definitely not to raise money but to ask about the degree of value in the matter, if any.

I am just waiting for an answer from the rabbi to my question ”What is defined, for example, as a “significant contribution to its students and to the world”?” and I can perhaps better mobilize for the campaign, in the meantime I am still satisfied with the degree of my mobilization for it since I do not see any value in giving money to the avrechim who chose to live this way and not work. Perhaps the rabbi will reconsider.

On the 13th of Tevet 5771

To the person with the fundamental question: Hello,

First of all, you succeeded in your mission to uplift me. From the time I submitted my email, I expected your request to arrive. It did not arrive, but instead I received an email asking me to participate in a fundraising campaign for the ‘Or Maofir’ Mechinat, next to the ‘Or Etzion’Yeshiva, which trains young people from the Ethiopian community for Torah leadership.

Since the matter is close to my heart, my son-in-law, R’ Erez Eytgev, studied for a while at the ‘Or Etzion’Yeshiva, and continued and continues in similar frameworks that train Torah leadership from members of the ‘Beta Yisrael’ – I wrote a check to the ‘Or Maofir’ Preparatory School’ and put it in a stamped envelope to be mailed to them.

However, it is not only the Ethiopian community that needs Torah leadership. Every Jewish community needs Torah scholars, who will serve as rabbis and judges, Torah scholars, teachers and educators, and perhaps most importantly, ‘homeowners’ Torah scholars, who will conduct their professional lives in the spirit of Torah and will even be able to enrich their community with high-level Torah lessons, and establish the community's image as a ’place of Torah’.

It is not only in order to be a ‘city rabbi’ that one must spend a good few years immersed in the depths of Halacha. No less than this is the need for a good few years of in-depth Torah study after the ’Seder’, both to be a teacher and educator, a researcher and lecturer on Judaism, and also for those who want to be a ‘homeowner’, a lawyer, an economist, a medical professional or a ‘high-tech’ with a high Torah level – it is good for him and the public to invest a good few years in in-depth Torah study. The entire public will benefit from the in-depth lessons that this &#8216homeowner, a wise student’ will impart over the next decades.

So investing in the education of today– young men will bear fruit for decades: raising the Torah level of the Zionist-religious public.

Greetings to Friends of Torah and Work, Shatz Levinger

Regarding Ramada's position on the issue and value of avrechim who devote themselves to Torah, see his column calling for a 'new social contract.' He sees the importance of avrechim who are able to create and innovate in Torah. In my responses there, I also emphasized the value of avrechim who may not be great innovators, but who will spread the Torah among the people.

It is mentioned (as I think is the great use of Rabbi Ramer) that the lecturer was asked: “Why are the scholarships for the young men at the Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva so low?”, and the lecturer replied: “With us, there is no excuse. The goal is for the young man to study and prepare himself to be a rabbi or an educator. We help him study for a few years, but the goal is for him to go out into life to spread the Torah.” (The words are not given in an exact quote, because the booklet is not currently available).

And in fact, this is the approach in the entire world of religious-Zionist yeshivahs. As I think the young man currently receives a little more than the 300 shekels that we gave at the Merkaz HaRav of the past, but by and large the goal is to go out into life and illuminate it with the light of Torah and not to remain an ’avrech’ for life. Indeed, from the rabbis who studied at ’Mercaz’ out of the pressure, a significant part of today's Torah leadership emerged, with many of those rabbis now being city rabbis, dayanim, yeshiva heads, and authors of Torah books.

With greetings, Sh”l

They joked about the pressure of life in ’Mercaz’ at that time, that there were two friends, one went to study at ’Mercaz’ and one went to ’Gush’. The young man from ’Mercaz’ sent a letter to his friend and wrote to the ‘Shvut Hotel’. His friend answered him and wrote at the address ‘Hunger Center’ 🙂

Dear, I am afraid that I have not yet clarified my messages properly, so I will copy and paste them again with an emphasis *Thank you for your detailed response above, but I repeat that the purpose of the question was definitely not to raise money, but to ask about the degree of merit in the matter, if any.*

I congratulate you on your contribution to this machine, but I cannot reach out to my friends, family members, and acquaintances, graduates and admirers of the yeshiva and ask them for money when I myself do not understand the degree of need in the matter, and the benefit that the donor is supposed to derive from this contribution.

Regarding the scholarships at the center, are you actually claiming that there is no point in expanding the scholarships for the young men?

And regarding that unknown national need in Torah schools, contributing to a five-year track with a year and a half of military service in between is absolutely not the right way to reach this goal.

Row seven ….For this preparatory school …

On the 13th of Tevet 5771

Tel. 2 – Shalom Rav,

You are indeed right (in the last paragraph) that three and a half years of Torah study, including a one and a half year break in the army – are not enough to train Torah scholars who will enlighten the public with their Torah, as rabbis, judges, Torah scholars, teachers and educators, and shiurim teachers for the general public.

In order to train Torah scholars with Torah knowledge and scope, intensive and in-depth study is needed for several years after the end of the ’Seder’. And since a young couple has quite a few essential expenses, food and clothing, housing, water and electricity, and diapers, etc. – It is important that the yeshiva helps the abrech who is diligent in his studies in the few remaining years of aliyah that will not be returned in the storms of life.

The same meager scholarship that the yeshiva grants the abrech during his studies – returns to the public with ’compound interest’, when in the future the student will enrich the public with his Torah.

With blessings, Sh”t

Shut up, dear young man, you wrote very well, but reality slaps you in the face and you insist on ignoring it. Few of the young men will return anything to the public from the money they received, and I'm not even talking about the national cash flow wheel.

With blessings, get out of your window.

On the 13th of Tevet,

Relax, Shalom Rav,

In addition to the future benefit to rabbis, dayanim, yeshiva heads and rabbis, Torah scholars and editors, teachers and educators, and Torah lesson presenters (as I mentioned in paragraph 1).

Avrechims bring benefit already during their studies in the yeshiva by setting an example for young students to diligently study Torah, and even helping young people to advance in their studies, by serving as tutors and mentors (what is called in yeshiva: ‘hevrotah bogar’).

Best regards, Sh”C

As a joke, I will tell you that I entered the ’Merkaz HaRav’ in the 2nd class, and because of that I did not receive the ’senior companion’ attached to the 1st class students. But when I was in the 5th class, I had a younger companion who was then in the 3rd class. I told him: Since you are a guy in the 3rd class, you are now my &#8217senior companion’ 🙂