Yeshiva managers under stress • cuts in bank: avreich only NIS 279; bochur just 155

You thoughts the 'sword of cuts' is only headlines and in Haredi newspapers and Wed sites? Wrong. It turns out that already now yeshiva and kollel managers feel the brutal budget cuts.

Avreichim who received a subsidy in June of NIS720 and previously NIS927, in July received only NIS279 of what is defined as "support of religion."

In yeshivos too there is a real harm: If in June for each bochur the sum of 400 was received, in July the bank account of the yeshiva registered only NIS155 for each bochur only.

However, it is important to note that these amounts are temporary, and they may grow, if the Ministry of Finance will keep its coalition promises to the Jewish Home party for the Zionist yeshivos – which will influence even Haredi yeshivos.

In an interview with Behadrey Haredim, MK Ayelet Shaked promised that some of the funds of the Jewish Home will be transferred for the benefit of haredi yeshivos. If this promise will be kept - then there is what pin hopes on.

"Today I talked about this with MK Moshe Gafni," Shaked said in the interview. "And he told me once that the money will come – he will say thanks to the politicians of the Jewish Home. And ask Gafni if the Jewish Home pledged to raise the amount to NIS780 million, it's a whole different world. And the Haredi public it does not know. "

The Education Ministry said in response that "the kollel budget is still not closed. The amount mentioned in the article is not the final amount, but an interim payment before the final summary on the kollel budget. The budget is still under review and will be updated in the near future."

Education Ministry official explains: "These are coalition funds of different kinds, which the Ministry of Education serves as a conduit to transfer. The future heights of payments is the result of relative coalition forces."

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