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https://yahadut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/02-06-13_800x533-1.jpg16211080The Torah-mandated tithes were meant to support the priests and Levites, who were in charge of Jewish education. Ideally, today too, the recipients of ma’aser money are those yeshivot that train the next generation of rabbis and educators. They will teach and guide the nation in the ways of Torah and mitzvot, morality and industriousness, work and study, family values and volunteering. Nevertheless, if there are many poor people who lack the basic necessities of food and clothing, most ma’aser money should be directed to them. This order of priorities is very reasonable. In a healthy society, ma’aser to rabbinic colleges functions as preventive medicine. With proper Torah guidance, everyone will understand the values of education and work. People will do their work industriously and professionally, families will budget properly, blessing will proliferate, and very few people will be poor. Yet, if this preventive medicine fails and people become “sick” ...