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amother
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 Today at 1:48 pm
| amother Pistachio wrote: | | I've never heard this before. This is not mainstream halacha. |
Don't forget that life nowadays is very different from times of Gemara, etc.
They didn't have cars (loans, gas, maintenance), insurance, retirement funds, phone/internet, water, G&E. Tuition (if any) would have been very different. My assumption is housing too (prob a one time expense). Basically needed to pay/barter for food, and saved up to occasionally get something new, like a new article of clothing. So maaser was likely a simpler calculation.
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amother
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Today at 1:52 pm
| amother Charcoal wrote: | | Her circumstances are exceptional because it is virtually impossible for anyone buying a house these days in any sort of even tiny Jewish community with 20% down to have a mortgage of $1,600. So her anecdote is basically inapplicable to anyone who recently bought or will soon buy and is trying to figure out if they can survive on $150k these days. |
I agree that's low, but we bought two years ago in a relatively expensive state and our mortgage was 1900.
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amother
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Today at 2:05 pm
My mortgage is 1575 (bought 7 years ago). We get health insurance through my DHs work. My salary pays for tuition pretax because I am a teacher.
I wouldn't post how we are BH making it because I don't see how it helps anyone.
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