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There is absolutely no input on how mosdos spend their money. I have had the following daydream. I win the lottery to the tune of millions. I get bombarded by all the yeshivos asking for my donations. I reject each and every one of them. I then enter the office of each of these yeshivos, and I ask them for their books of outstanding balances of schar limud. Now that I’m wealthy, everyone takes me seriously and falls into immediate obedience. I jot down the information on several of these families. It doesn’t take much to determine that they are among those who are rightfully accused of pleading poverty while they excursion everywhere and live in luxury. Others are known to suffer from unemployment, medical issues, etc. I then write checks to the respective yeshiva and give it to the family! They can then payoff their balances. Voila! Tzedokoh, supporting mosdos, and allowing someone in financial trouble to get a night’s sleep without worrying that their child will be placed in the street due to financial difficulties (deserves a separate thread).
I shared this daydream with a menahel, and he angrily told me that he would declare me an enemy of Yiddishkeit. He stated that the yeshiva needs the freedom to pressure the parents for tuition. (I have no idea why.)