Can Tuition be Paid with Maaser?

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amother

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 1:28 am

amother

Coffee

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 5:24 am

Our Rav told us that it could be when we asked.

BrachaVHatzlocha

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 7:25 am

I think it depends on age of child and if boy/girl. Something along the lines like boys are obligated to be educated, so not maaser? Not sure. Please let us know if you find out!

amother

NeonOrange

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 7:34 am

My rav told us for girls half of their tuition is maaser for boys only a third is maaser .

amother

Snowdrop

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 7:36 am

I was told no. Except boys beis medresh yes, but even then it's better to still calculate a certain way. Basically ask your rav Bec there's many opinions

amother

Sapphire

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 7:47 am

There are different opinions. Age and possibly gender come into play. According to my rav, yes over are 6.

(Yes but better not to because the money from tuition is not part of your income determined on rosh hashona)

amother

Rose

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 7:49 am

My rav said girls yes boys no.

amother

Snowdrop

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 7:53 am

amother Sapphire wrote:

If the latter is true why does anyone ask for a tuition break?

amother

Babyblue

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 10:04 am

amother Snowdrop wrote:

If the latter is true why does anyone ask for a tuition break?

Because not everyone holds this way.
And maaser doesn't cover much of tuition if one has multiple kids.

happy7

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 10:50 am

Maaser can only be taken AFTER you earn the money. You cannot take maaser in advance.
So even if your rav allows you to pay with maaser (which ours does not), you have to be paying with last year’s maaser, not the future year

amother

Snowdrop

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 11:28 am

amother Babyblue wrote:

Because not everyone holds this way.
And maaser doesn't cover much of tuition if one has multiple kids.

Ahh good point you're right I don't have enough maaser to cover my kids tuition.

amother

Fuchsia

Mon, Dec 18 2023, 11:46 am

My rav said that any money OVER the cost to educate my child can be considered maaser (meaning, we pay full tuition and the school charges more to cover other kids who aren’t paying much).
We asked the school how much it costs to cover our child’s education and they said $7k. We pay $12k/child (that’s the full tuition cost) and count $5k/child’s tuition towards maaser.

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