Lately, I've been noticing that the Yeshivas pay their students to rent costumes that run in the hundreds of dollars and then rent limos so fancy that ill bet Michelle Obama who is visiting China didn't ride in one of those things.
This year I had the privilege to be Motzei Shabbos, Purim Night, in a rich man's house where I saw 6 Roshei Yeshivas salivating over this G'vir, pandering and chanfining him and of course drinking the liqueur on his table.
The one hour that I was in his house, I noticed at least 6 different groups of boys all dressed up, matching, in the most luxurious costumes, all running out of these double decker limos, and running into the house, all collecting for their prospective yeshivas.
This Gvir just put his hand in his pocket and gave them hundreds of dollars!
So what's wrong?
Well, this morning a man who davens in my shul, poor as a church mouse, divorced, gets food from Tomchei Shabbos, told me that he got a call from a guy who is on the Tuition Committee of Shaarei Arazim, a school for challenged children, and told him if he "doesn't come up with the $5,000.00 before Pesach, I'm going to send your child home with embarrassment!"
This poor soul works like a dog, all his money goes to his ex wife, to support his children, and he is left with about 200.00 a week. The bully, the guy from Shaarei Arazim, wants to take the 200.00.
Now, don't get me wrong, I agree that the school is doing a great job and has huge expenses....
So please give me an answer to this question? ...
Why in the world did Shaarei Aruzim collect money this purim?
Why in the world is Shaarei Arazim making dinners? They had a "Split the Pot" raffle that ran to $100,000.00!
Aren't you raising money for parents that cannot afford the massive tuition fees?
If your answer is yes, why are you torturing this guy? Isn't that why you collected?
If this guy had walked into the Gvir's house that Purim, how much do you think he would have gotten?
He had no costume and no limo waiting outside.
He would have gotten $36.00
So my dear readers, a poor broken guy would get 36.00, but the Yeshivas get hundreds?
What happened to the Purim that I grew up and looked forward to, where poor people were getting the $$$?
When did "Matonas L'evyoinim" become Matanos l'Yeshivos?
Our sense of Purim is now warped, our understanding of what the Shlchan Aruch specifically says is "matonas l'evyonim" has been hijacked by the Roshei Yeshivas that abandoned their families to sit around the table in the Gvir's house with their mouths foaming every time the Gvir put his hand in his pocket!
