Showing posts with label Tzedakah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tzedakah. Show all posts
Sunday, October 2, 2022

A Yom Kippur Lesson on the Stoic Dichotomy of Control and How to Take the Reins for the New Year

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We are currently in another year of the Jewish High Holiday period, which starts on Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and ends after Yom Kippu...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Chanukah Gelt: The Significance of Giving Money on Chanukah

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To quote Adam Sandler, "Chanukah is the Festival of Lights. Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights." In Americ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Parsha Behar: What Is the Ultimate Form of Poverty Relief?

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In the wonderful world of public policy, there is much contention around the topic of poverty. Generally speaking, liberals advocate for mor...
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Friday, August 23, 2013

Parsha Ki Tavo: Modern-Day, Spiritual Fruitfulness

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This week's Torah portion, Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8) commences with the practice of tithing one's first fruits ( Deuteronomy 2...
Friday, November 4, 2011

Parsha Lech-Lecha: The Burden of Being Rich

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The media frenzy that is directed towards the Occupy Wall Street movement has brought income inequality to the forefront of the American pol...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Is There a Way Out of Giving Tzedakah?

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From a Jewish standpoint, whether we can justify our avoidance of giving tzedakah seems to be strange at the least, if not down right immora...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Judaism Is Capitalist But....

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One can try to debate whether or not Judaism advocates capitalism or communism.  You can argue that Jews were disproportionately responsible...
Monday, March 7, 2011

How Tzedakah Functions in Jewish Law

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Every time I hear the word צדקה ‎ translated as "charity," I want to shake my head, mainly because we have run into yet another in...