Shvuos 4 – Tzedaka – Charity – Mastering the Inner Raven – Giving Until It Hurts – – Taxes to Non-Jewish Government as Tzedakah – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 34. Tzedaka – charity. Mastering the Inner Raven.
11:00 – Account about a man giving Tzedaka “until it hurts”. Under normal circumstances, a person should not give more than 20% of one’s income for charity.
17:00 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 51. Purity only exists when there’s a possibility for impurity.
25:00 – Reference to Likutey Halakhos, Chanukah 1.
45:00 – The essence of Tzedaka is אמת – Emes – truth. The importance of Ma’aser.
*47:00 – The purpose of creation is the honor of Hashem. Reference to Likutey Moharan 6.
49:00 – Q&R about giving charity. Paying taxes to non-Jewish government is considered an aspect of Tzedaka.
54:00 – Q&R about giving charity to the government of Israel. Each person needs to ask Hashem to guide him to a Rabbi who who advise him personally about this.
*59:00 – NOTE about Rabbi Rosenfeld ז”ל and Tzedaka.
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