Getting Your Money’s Worth
I’m sure I’m not alone when I say that money is very often uppermost on my mind. Between basic living expenses, house expenses, two major yom tov seasons per year, and tuition, keeping up with the cost...
View ArticleFinancial Squeeze
We all feel as if we are taxed to death! It seems for most people that we spend more than we earn. I recently landed a great job and couldn’t believe how much I would be making especially after living...
View ArticleMaterialism and Hiddur Mitzvah
Someone recently commented here that she was shocked by the level of materialism that exists in the frum world. I have also often felt that way, but I’ve recently come to the conclusion that it was an...
View ArticleFinancial Realities II: The Unwritten Contract
By “Sam Smith” In retrospect, I’m not surprised that my first article on “Financial Realities in the Frum World” received such an overwhelming response (currently, 240 responses, plus a direct-offshoot...
View ArticleFinancial Independence and Success in the T’shuvah Process
By Michoel I have a feeling that some will read this and their reaction will be “mai k’mashma lan?” As in, “Why is he wasting perfectly good kilobytes on the patently obvious?” But to me, the thoughts...
View ArticleStartupChutzpah – A Frum Bootcamp to Learn About Entrepreneurship
By Benyamin Clayman How can I help change the frum world? When Zev Wolfson zt’l passed away recently, it greatly inspired me to want to help Am Israel with whatever skills I have. Rav Moshe Hillel...
View ArticleFinancial Realities in the Frum World
By “Sam Smith” I want to share a conversation I had with the executive director of a yeshiva about the financial realities of raising and educating a family in the frum world today. He said that...
View ArticleIs Living Simply an Ideal or an Unfortunate Consequence of Tuition Induced...
By: Always A BT My 4 children (all girls) are mostly grown. Our eldest is 31; the youngest is now in high school. We are fortunate to have chosen a Yeshiva where no child is turned away and although...
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