Reply To: How come more people don’t join areivim?

So it’s only worth it if you have a bunch of kids (I’m not sure the exact number, but it’s some number above the average). Otherwise it’s cheaper to buy life insurance.

But if all of the members have a bunch of kids, there wouldn’t be enough money in the pot.

So the only way this works is through donations (or people being convinced that it makes sense to join).

So basically it’s a tzedakah where the recipients contribute some and don’t feel like they’re receiving tzedakah (not that I have a problem with that, just trying to clarify what’s going on)