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My old yeshiva recently called me asking me to give them a donation. If I did this, I would have to directly give less money to the other tzedaka fund I usually give to (Chickens for Shabbos).
Should I give the yeshiva anyway?
Why are you asking here?
Supporting Torah is optimal.
More than giving to poor people?
Yes.
Because Torah in one hemisphere brings blessing to another.
Extreme?
This is the view of Halacha.
If people wanted chicken for shabbos they could enroll in yeshiva. Obviously their need is not that great. If anything, your donation is perverse, enabling them to live a lifestyle more separated from Torah. So the question is how does a charity like chicken for shabbos even exist in our Torah world?
squeak think before you type. I hope you aren’t serious
Daniel
This is truly a Halachic shailah that needs to be addressed to a Rav.
I’m not sure I even understand the question. Tzedaka is one of the Taryag mitzvos. Giving money to yeshivas is not.
“If people wanted chicken for shabbos they could enroll in yeshiva. Obviously their need is not that great. If anything, your donation is perverse, enabling them to live a lifestyle more separated from Torah. So the question is how does a charity like chicken for shabbos even exist in our Torah world?’
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In what yeshiva did you learn all this?
well, any ideas??
If this were for discussion, I would point out the two sides:
1) Supporting Torah has priority in Shulchan Aruch (although some posters seem unaware of this).
2) OTOH, Chickens is your regular tzeddakah.
Since this seems to be a real shailah, I will repeat: ASK A POSEK.
BTW, I got a kick out of your idea that you don’t need to give the yeshiva any money because they already fundraise.
It reminds me of Yogi Berra; “Nobody goes there any more because it’s too crowded”.
” squeak think before you type.”
Honestly I didn’t know that was an option on this site.
Rav Schachter says that the Passuk says to give Tzedaka to your local institutions first. He thinks it’s a direct violation of the Din that people give to far-away Aniyim and Yeshivos before their own Aniyim and Yeshivos.
Veltz: Giving money to a Yeshivah that actually needs it is Tzedaka.
Sam, why is giving money to a Yeshiva tzedaka? Because the Yeshivas said so?
Daniel
The basic mitzvah of tzeddaka is to support poor people not institutions. These people don’t have money for food for Shabbos. That comes first and I’m pretty sure your Rav will agree BUT GO ASK!
VM, please look up the halachos in Shulchan Aruch and Ahavas Chessed before posting your own opinions, which really don’t count for anything.
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