Reply To: The OTD Crisis: Observations

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Shindy, please post that which you feel is true if it can shed some light on this matter.

Moish, i tell to you det Lipa Schmeltzer lernt me English! Ce Schmeltzer-la hot mir gelernt aussi le francais!

Moshejoe, I think some kids see those houses and realize that one can be very successful begashmius and very frum at the same time. Plenty of real tzedoko comes from the owners of those big homes, but it is the fakers and the scandals that get all the buzz. I alluded to the fakers in item 3d) above.

The koilel system does need to be changed and the economic crisis may well do it – or it may drive people BACK to koilel as people starting in the working world may R”L lose their jobs and realize that koilel plus welfare pays better than working (at least until the economy picks up again).