Has anyone figured out how much annual income is needed to support a frum way of life, i.e., kosher food, yeshivas, 4 or more children, parents’ time off for all holidays, to name just a few frum expenses. I have not done the math, but I am convinced that less than $200,000 per year will keep a frum family in a very small house, with little savings, and no money for their children to attend a secular college. And 10 – 20 years from now, lack of secular college education will likely mean no employment opportunities for today’s frum children. I see it as a serious problem and a serious threat to the current interpretation of the Torah – there will be too few Jews who can afford to live it. I don’t see a solution, but I think the problem is genuine and will bite us before we know it.
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