What are the gender roles in a Hasidic family?
Men are expected to provide for a livelihood and women are expected to have a lot of babies and run the house. In recent years, taking after some non-Hasidic communities, it has become increasingly popular for Hasidic men to remain in “Kollel” (a post-marriage Talmudic school) while their wives make a living through some semi-professional occupation. A “Kollel” typically pays very little if any for its attendants. Kollel families, lead a very difficult life in terms of meeting their financial obligations.
