Derech Hamelech,
I have absolute bitachon in Hashem, especially with regards to parnassah. I know Hashem gave me the skills, helped me get an education and helps me keep my job. Hashem provide both myself and my husband with jobs that ensure we can raise our family, pay our tuition and provide a solid, stable Torah home.
I’ve heard of the bitachon and hishtadlus equation. Its taught in every school. I think its a misnomer the way its taught – with proper bitachon, you should recognize that Hashem gives you the right avenues to do your hishtadlus. Not that Hashem is going to drop enough money in your lap.
Again, I donate to people that NEED money. If I see (literally or figuratively) a starving child and a Kollel man in front of me, and can only give one, who do I give? The child who may die from lack of food? Or the man who wants to keep learning without supporting his own family? I choose the hungry child.
It happens to be the way I was taught – you give those that need over those that want.
All the men I know who work also learn. They are also supporting the world. But that starving child or that person who can’t afford medical care has a pressing need that the Kollel man does NOT.
I was not making fun of the Tolna Rebbe. I truly think its a brilliant plan. I am being 100% serious. I think the girls requiring an apartment to get married is so wrong. Unfortunately, its hard to break the system. The Tolna Rebbe seems to have found a way to start break the system. I’m sorry you took my post to be making fun of the Tolna Rebbe, it is not.