Question:
Is one allowed to use maaser money to send a daughter to seminary if one lives on a small budget?
Answer:
Yes one can. However the amount of money that the father is saving because the seminary is feeding his daughter, which he would do for her if she would be living at home should be subtracted from the sum. Meaning if the seminary charges $15,000 and the daughters food expenses for that period would have been $1,000, then the $14,000 remaining can be taken from ma’aser.
Sources:
Tzedakah Umishpat 6 ftnt. 35, B’orach Tzedakah 11-46,
