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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
If a person finds the money he has to live off is too little for his needs, the best thing to do is to make it into charity. Charity is the tikkun for material possessions. In the end he will have plenty of money (Ibid.).
Rabbi Nathan of Breslov • Advice - Likutey Etzot
“The reward for charity (tzedakah) depends entirely upon the extent of the kindness (hesed) in it.”21 In the same vein, a modern rabbinic figure writes that “the essence of acts of hesed (lovingkindness) is the heart that is put into the deed.”22 Judaism is about what you do, why you do it, and how you do it. Jewish ethics ask for deeds of love don
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From earliest rabbinic times there were such institutions as the tamchui, or mobile kitchen, which distributed food daily to whoever applied,
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them. 26If you take your neighbor’s cloak in pawn, you shall restore it before the sun goes down; 27for it may be your neighbor’s only clothing to use as cover; in what else shall that person sleep? And if your neighb
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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
What is hessed? It is usually translated as ‘kindness’ but it also means ‘love’ – not love as emotion or passion, but love expressed as deed.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
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
All the heavenly constellations are directed and governed by tzedakah, charity. It is through charity that all blessings flow into the world. But only on Shabbat are the blessings perfect. Shabbat is the embodiment of faith. The main significance of charity is that it is an expression of faith. This is why the true radiance of the light of charity
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