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Meno:
You crept into another hole. It is not for you or me or anyone else for that matter to determine whether someone has given enough tzedokoh, nor are we authorized to allocate it for them. I know many fundraisers for yeshivos. They always want more than they get. But, for that matter, so does every single fundraiser for any other tzedokoh. There is nothing that will be done that can accomplish the redirection to yeshivos and kollelim. It remains my choice completely whether to give to a yeshiva, a keren for chassanim and kallos, a soup kitchen, or countless other causes. In fact, the Purim scene is flooded with kids collecting for yeshivos, when hachzokas Torah is not a tad different on Purim than any other day of the year (the collectors consider it so, as do the yeshivos). In reality, all of these causes are worthy, and this goes without debate. Donors are free to allocate as they see fit.
But again, you changed the subject. Is it permissible (halacha, yashrus, common sense) to enter long term learning on yenem’s expense? Doesn’t it create voluntary poverty and dependence? Or should the yungerman who wishes to learn begin some degree of the process of getting prepared for a career? How should one approach the financial crisis of the emerging kollel yungerman who no longer has the youth or the time to engage in career training? And there are two questions here. One – should this situation be avoided? Two – once in this matzav, what should one do?