We all care about chinuch. But halachah says we owe more than caring, we owe clearly defined financial support
But after deep immersion in hilchos tzedakah, decades of communal askanus, and working closely with donors and dayanim, we’ve come to a different understanding: This isn’t just about chesed. It’s about halachic obligation.
Baruch Hashem, the frum kehillah continues to grow around the world, and the number of children in Jewish schools across the spectrum grows with it. But in parallel, the demands on our income, along with tzedakah donations, have also grown.
A father recently told us, “My children’s chinuch is nonnegotiable. But the tuition bill is breaking me.”
He wasn’t exaggerating. Between rent, groceries, and school fees, even a solid six-figure income doesn’t feel like enough. Multiply that by thousands of frum families, and you begin to understand our communal paradox: Chinuch is our highest priority, yet the system for funding it is crumbling beneath our feet.
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