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Charity is the comprehensive tikkun for business activity. With every step a person takes as he goes about his business, with every word he speaks and every ounce of strength he puts into his work, he should have it in mind that his only goal is to give charity from the money he earns (29:9).
Rabbi Nathan of Breslov • Advice - Likutey Etzot
Once a person establishes himself as a faithful trustee, tithing his or her current income, Hashem will accord them the opportunity of becoming a faithful trustee on the next higher level. In brief, he or she who faithfully gives ten of the hundred that Hashem entrusts them with, will eventually give a hundred of the thousand that Hashem entrusts t
... See moreLazer Brody • Bitachon: A Practical Guide to Trust in God
Hear Müller again: Therefore I may affectionately beseech and entreat my beloved Christian friends to take this to heart, and consider that hitherto they have been depriving themselves of vast spiritual blessings, because they have not followed the principle of giving systematically, and giving as God prospers them, and according to a plan; not mer
... See moreDonald S. Whitney • Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
As long as a person is reluctant to spend money on the mitzvot he performs, his mitzvot are deficient because they have not yet entered the category of true faith, which gives them their perfection. But when a mitzva is so precious in his eyes that he does not mind parting with his money and he spends liberally for the sake of the mitzva, this is c
... See moreRabbi Nathan of Breslov • Advice - Likutey Etzot
The best-known inventory of the food renders expected from a land unit is found in the very comprehensive late seventh-century laws of King Ine of Wessex, which detail annual dues from every ten hides of land and give some idea of the range and quantity of agricultural surplus claimed by lords of their clients: Ten vats of honey, 300 loaves, 12 amb
... See moreMax Adams • The First Kingdom
The beneficiary is entitled to tzedaka according to his or her need; the donor is only obligated to give what he or she can afford.”
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
In order to draw God’s providence upon ourselves completely, it is necessary to break the desire for wealth. The way to do this is by giving charity. When a person gives money to charity, it cools his urge to acquire. He will conduct his business affairs truthfully and honestly, he will be satisfied with his portion in life, and he will have pleasu
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