Reply To: Why do Yeshiva not pay their Rabbes and Teachers on time?

The little I know,
you said “You wrote: “P.S. I always met my commitments for tuition bills even when my wife lost her job. Other parents can do it.” Are you for real? You have no idea who I am, what my employment status is, no clue about my expenses, other earners in my home, but your ability to meet your commitments means that I can do the same? Sorry, but that comment is pure silliness. I do hope your wife found another job, and even that you got a raise in your salary. But your financial status will never translate into that of anyone else. Do you really believe what you said?”

Do you know who I said and what I financial situation is? I don’t think so. I had to have a very strong backbone when arguing with the tuition committee to only accept a tuition agreement I had any hope of paying for and I still went thousands of dollars into debt to meet that commitment.

Not so commons sense, you stated “if you actualy learnt the gemara in bava metzia you would know its only assur if the person who hires pays the worker himself and most yeshivahs have someone seperate for that ”

You assume that I don’t the halacha; I was just asking politely. I discussed this with an Adam Godal that this argument doesn’t help; he actually stated that the employees MUST be paid before the power bill.

Rafe,
you are, of course, correct if that was the terms of employment but that is not always the case and that only works for non written contracts that include payment schedule clauses. I do not hate owner and administrators but I see a problem that they get paid while the teachers do not sometimes for years at a time if ever. For example, I have been told of a school that bought a building but their teachers were not paid for a very long time. On the other hand, I have heard of an institution that the Rebbe refused to hold an event in a very large venue because he directed the monies be used to be pay the teachers.