Reply To: How do people afford apartments in Israel?

Shopping613 – that may be technically true but as I said earlier – the vast majority of avreichim/melamdim/etc. I speak to do indeed own their own place (even if lets say they pay rent in Jerusalem and rent out their own place somewhere else).

If a couple where both work and make decent salaries have no hope al pi derech hateva of coming up with the money for a down payment, how is it that so many in the learning world do manage it somehow? Especially if they come from a family of a similar background I find it hard to believe so many of them have wealthy parents who can just gift it to them.

So what’s the secret that the rest of us aren’t let in on… is it all just schnoring at the end of the day? And if so, is schnoring seriously THAT lucrative? And if it is indeed that lucrative, then what is the point in sacrificing away a life of potential learning in order to slave away at a job just to set yourself up for financial failure anyway when you could just get it from somebody else and spend the majority of your time in the beis midrash? (I’m not saying that’s necessarily the right way to do things but I feel it’s a question that should at least be asked).