Does yeshiva tuition "count" for maaser?

A friend of mine told me that she was told that it does...

Silver Member Joined: Jan 29 2008 Posts: 612

I think you can do it for cheder but not for girls. anyways it says about schar limud that it is very important to pay and its one thing that you should really try to pay in full. my husband never asks for a discount

Posted: Fri, May 16 2008, 11:58 am Post subject:

Ask you Rav!!

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48155

you have to ask your rov.

Silver Member Joined: Mar 25 2008 Posts: 650

We live in a community where most students are on scholarship. Our tuition cost is more than the cost of educating one child. We were told we can calculate the difference of the actual cost/child (ie what we would be charged if every student actually paid full tuition) and what we are paying and pull that from our maaser account.

However, you should ask your Rav.

Diamond Member Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 4037

we pay a hefty amount in school tuition, and our rav said it could count as maisser, for both our girls and our boys. our tuition well exceeds our maisser, and we give on top of that besides. ask your rav and see what he says!

We spoke to the executive administrator. At first he would not disclose the amount to us. It took a lot of back and forth to get a straight answer. We more than qualify for a scholarship, so we offered the alternative of applying our tzedakah funds elsewhere. In the end he gave us a figure and this is what we use.

Um, did you forget that your "friend" also reads this board, my dear? Jeez....

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 16 2007 Posts: 2952