Reply To: Is working at a Kollel considered “working”?

Is the person teaching/learning in a kollel paid? If he pays tuition and/or room and board, he is clearly not “working.” If he receives renumeration such they he “lives off” of it, it’s a job. Whether one juggles it in a way to avoid taxes is a different matter. (akuperma)

akuperma: Thank you for your explanation! You answered my question. 🙂

In reply to additional posts relating to the OP: Thank you! Of course there are billions of ways to be a true Eved Hashem and all of us have unique missions in life, thanks to Hashem. My OP was asking because I wanted to understand the definition of working in relation to kollel, or learning.

To make sure I understood correctly, here is what it sounds like….

“Working” means getting paid
“Kollel” means not getting paid.

—-And ummm revelation, ALL men who learn Torah in a kollel pay tuition?*
*Not considering Teachers or Rabbonim or Rosh Yeshivot or anyone who gets paid.

If yes, then I guess that makes sense that they would pay since their teachers and Rabbonim and Rosh Yeshivot have to earn a living too. At the same time, I didn’t realize that even when a man is married and his wife provides for him and his family, their household income also goes towards paying the husband’s tuition to learn. Is that correct?

Thanks 🙂