,When an anonymous organization, supposedly standing behind anonymous roshei yeshiva, expects people to trust them with thousands of dollars, it invites cynicism. And if it can’t stand up to scrutiny then something definitely seems rotten.
I would definitely advise anyone who would hand over a check to first verify that is indeed backing from reliable talmidei chachamim. I just don’t think people should be publicly blasting this project simply because they don’t know who it is.
The response has basically been that they didn’t read the fine print.</em.
Fine print? There was a contract?
I happen to agree that not paying shadchanim from the previous initiative is bad PR for this one, but they are totally different. The first one had NASI paying from their own (fund-raised) money, which they ran out of.
This one is entrusting them with private money put in escrow.
I was mainly questioning whether NASI is entitled to the money.
If the shadchan and the girl are signed up, why isn’t it fair to assume that this new suggestion was encouraged by NASI? The money they receive is a relatively small amount, (don’t jump on me; $500 is a lot of money, but only a fraction of the overall money paid) and covers administrative fees.
(Although I think its fair to ask if the shadchan should be getting the big bucks rather than normal shadchanus).
Again, why not?
But being provable won’t help if you signed on the dotted line that the anonymous NASI organization and an unnamed rosh yeshiva decide if they get the money or not.
They’re not anonymous to anyone who does even a bit of research.