I’m glad you think it’s funny, Joseph. I envy your temimus. Every tzedakah now is chasing a pool of shrunken resources, Joseph. the S&P500 is now at levels not seen in 13 years. Many of the high-flying investments have crashed. The home loans that many baalei battim used to get to finance their children in kolel are no longer available. 10% of people are unemployed in many communities. In Israel, they are experiencing a double whammy of government funding cuts and a lack of outside dollars, to the point where large families are bringing home half a chicken for shabbos and splitting it for their entire family. People who used to provide fopr both their families and many others are now in serious trouble. The money has to be triaged. Yeshivas will have to start making significant cutbacks or close. There just is no money for every son-in-law to be a maggid shiur. This is economic reality. Hashem provides, but the litvish poverty model of kollel life is making a comeback. Hashem provides, but that doesn’t mean we should be wasteful with spending.
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