Funds of a Disbanded Kollel
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Question
Regarding the government support funds for kollels. 1. Our case is not like other kollels, which many have probably already asked about. The kollel was under two heads who left the kollel at the beginning of the summer term, and most of the avrechim remained in this framework, appointing a new head of the kollel, and the two original heads are no longer involved in the economic matters of the kollel, but past debts remain on them. It should be noted that the kollel paid a fixed stipend that did not change with changes in government budgets for "religions." The question: the funds that the state provides for the past months since the beginning of the year, should they go [1. to cover the debts, 2. also there will be a surplus that they want to take as treasurers, for completely different kollels.] Their claim: that the funds belong to the institution [even though today they do not belong to the institution,] and certainly regarding the repayment of debts, but they claim this also on the surplus money beyond covering the debts. Ultimately: should the money go to them as treasurers for the past time, or to the avrechim themselves, or to the institution that remained with a new head of the kollel with most of the avrechim. Thank you very much.
Answer
Shalom Rav
According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita:
The money belongs to the institution with the new head of the kollel and the majority of the avrechim.
However, the kollel must pay them their debts
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According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita