Reward for Fundraising - When the Target Was Not Met
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Question
Hello!! In our yeshiva this year on Purim, there was a fundraising program, and it was said that boys who collect an amount over 1000 shekels would enter a raffle for a sound system worth 900 shekels. Unfortunately, only 4200 shekels were collected, and the entire amount was collected by one important boy alone. Is he entitled to the aforementioned sound system, as it seems the plan was to collect a larger amount of money (from all the boys in the yeshiva), and thus the expenses from the prize campaign would be less significant compared to the funds, and then a raffle would be held among the collectors. Is the boy entitled to the promised prize that he could win?
Answer
Hello
It is necessary to give the boy what was promised. Since the gift was promised to whoever collects this amount, the promise cannot be broken due to the general lack of success.
Source
According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita