Comments | agingcusahack: "But Why Don't They Like Us?"

agingcusahack

"But Why Don't They Like Us?"

Nov 07, 2006 17:17

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2006/11/07/bonds.html

...and look at the last line.

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Ask a Jew... mightybaldking November 7 2006, 22:43:44 UTC

... to explain charity to you. (I'm sure one or two read this journal.)

They have the best way of describing forms of charity, and which is superiour.

Re: Ask a Jew... agingcusahack November 8 2006, 01:00:00 UTC

"The highest degree of charity-above which there is no higher-is he who strengthens the hand of his poor fellow Jew and gives him a gift or [an interest-free] loan or enters into a business partnership with the poor person."

Something like that?

Re: Ask a Jew... quotation November 8 2006, 02:21:28 UTC

That's essentially the financial equivalent of "Give a man a fish, and you've fed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Re: Ask a Jew... mightybaldking November 8 2006, 14:18:34 UTC

Levels of Tzedakah:

1 Giving begrudgingly
2 Giving less that you should, but giving it cheerfully.
3 Giving after being asked
4 Giving before being asked
5 Giving when you do not know the recipient's identity, but the recipient knows your identity
6 Giving when you know the recipient's identity, but the recipient doesn't know your identity
7 Giving when neither party knows the other's identity
8 Enabling the recipient to become self-reliant

I'm looking at #7, which precludes the attaching of any conditions to the charity.