Sunday, May 24, 2026

Haredi kollel accused of major fraud

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427503

The kollel received over 40 million shekels over a decade for hundreds of students, but a covert audit revealed that only a few dozen students were studying there.

The Israeli Ministry of Education has filed a major lawsuit against a kollel in Ashkelon, alleging what officials describe as one of the largest cases of fraudulent reporting ever uncovered in a Torah study institution.

At this stage, the Ministry of Education is seeking approximately 3 million shekels from the organization, representing government support funds transferred at the beginning of 2022 during the period when inspections were conducted.

The alleged fraud was uncovered in 2022 during a covert inspection conducted at the organization’s institutions. Inspectors reportedly found that only a few dozen students were present at the site.

3 comments :

  1. But it's the State who are the bad guys for calling up non existent talmidim to the army..

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  2. I wonder about the mindset - the rosh yeshiva who won't buy a cut of meat unless it has the strictest 3 hechshers but has no trouble stealing money.

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    1. The mindset is that "we can diddle with halacha all we want. The CI gave us a heter to not work. However, the halacha is set in stone (oral law) and the MO and RZ are heretic flexidox"

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