Editing Colel chabad (section)

== Criticism of Current Colel Operations ==
The Colel takes budgets from the 'International Fellowship of Christians and Jews', a fund suspected of missionary purposes. This action contradicts the position of Chabad rabbis and most Charedi rabbis. A Chabad rabbinical court previously issued a ruling on this matter to Tzach Chairman Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Aronov stating:

"In response to your inquiry regarding receiving money from the Fellowship for Chabad Houses, the court decided that there is no place for Chabad Houses to receive money from this fund."

Rabbi Shalom Ber Lifshitz (Chairman of Yad L'Achim) criticized this conduct of the Colel:

"This is a desecration of God's name. Colel Chabad is not the owner of Chabad Rebbes, they use Chabad Rebbes for money, I don't know if it's permitted to stand within their four cubits, whether their tefillin and mezuzot are kosher..."

On the other hand, Colel leaders such as Menachem Mendel Blau argue in their defense that the fund's missionary purposes are questionable, and Mr. Yechiel Eckstein, who is among the Fellowship's people, is a Charedi Jew who observes all commandments strictly.