Reply To: Jews protesting against a job fair! How low will they fall?

RR – Your attitude is commendable. I do not feel that I am a bitter isolationist and I just want to add that the limit for not earning enough to pay taxes could come from two spouses working part-time. In our economy not everyone can find jobs that pay so well. The “patur” is available for anyone to claim given that their income level is low enough. I have seen families where the wife works full-time and her children are basically the caregivers once the child comes home from the “Mayon”, “mishpachton” or “tzaharon”. Not everyone chooses to let other people raise their children so at least one of the parents (usually the mother) works part-time. I will say that a family with 6 children was entitled to make up to 100,000 shekels a year and get the patur.