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<p>In Avodah Digest V24#102, RSBA wrote:<br>
> And the first to give a stipend to Kollelniks !<br>
> Baal HaTurim (49:15) writes that not only did Zevulun teach Torah to Klal Yisroel - but he also paid all those who came to learn... <<br>
Sorry, but the BhT is writing about *Yissachar*, not Z'vulun. (Additionally, I wouldn't describe "shehayah maspiq lahem" as providing a stipend but rather as providing for their overall needs, more like housing & feeding Yeshiva "apprentices" than paying a salary.)<br>
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All the best from<br>
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager<br>
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