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Righteous Giving to the Poor: "Tzedakah" ("Charity") in Classical Rabbinic Judaism : Including a Brief Introduction to Rabbinic Literature / Moshe Ulmer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias HandbooksPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463202613
  • 9781463235970
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.3/677 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1286.C5 U46 2014eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TRANSLITERATION -- A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO RABBINIC LITERATURE -- CHAPTER ONE: THEOLOGY OF TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER TWO: THE RABBINIC VIEW OF POVERTY AND THE HUMILIATION OF ACCEPTING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER THREE: THE REWARDS OF GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE PENALTY OF NOT GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER FIVE: THE ROLE OF TZEDAKAH IN THE COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER SIX: THE URGENCY OF GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER SEVEN: GIVING TZEDAKAH DISCREETLY AND INDIRECTLY -- CHAPTER EIGHT: RULES AFFECTING THE DONOR OF TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER NINE: ALMS COLLECTORS -- CHAPTER TEN: THE PRIORITIES IN GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: VOWS AND TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER TWELVE: MOTIVATION IN GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: TZEDAKAH IN RELATION TO OTHER MITZVOT -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: TZEDAKAH IN RESPECT TO SHABBAT AND FAST DAYS -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: BIBLICAL FIGURES PERFORMING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: RESTRICTIONS UPON THE DONEE AND RECEIVING TZEDAKAH FRAUDULENTLY -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: TZEDAKAH AND THE GENTILE COMMUNITY -- CONCLUSION -- RABBINIC AUTHORITIES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Summary: Moral insights and comments about Tzedakah ("Charity") are found throughout the vast body of rabbinic literature. This book attempts to present a survey of the rabbinic sources concerning Tzedakah and to provide the reader with an analysis of the system of Tzedakah as created and understood by the Rabbis.

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TRANSLITERATION -- A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO RABBINIC LITERATURE -- CHAPTER ONE: THEOLOGY OF TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER TWO: THE RABBINIC VIEW OF POVERTY AND THE HUMILIATION OF ACCEPTING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER THREE: THE REWARDS OF GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE PENALTY OF NOT GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER FIVE: THE ROLE OF TZEDAKAH IN THE COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER SIX: THE URGENCY OF GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER SEVEN: GIVING TZEDAKAH DISCREETLY AND INDIRECTLY -- CHAPTER EIGHT: RULES AFFECTING THE DONOR OF TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER NINE: ALMS COLLECTORS -- CHAPTER TEN: THE PRIORITIES IN GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: VOWS AND TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER TWELVE: MOTIVATION IN GIVING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: TZEDAKAH IN RELATION TO OTHER MITZVOT -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: TZEDAKAH IN RESPECT TO SHABBAT AND FAST DAYS -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: BIBLICAL FIGURES PERFORMING TZEDAKAH -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: RESTRICTIONS UPON THE DONEE AND RECEIVING TZEDAKAH FRAUDULENTLY -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: TZEDAKAH AND THE GENTILE COMMUNITY -- CONCLUSION -- RABBINIC AUTHORITIES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Moral insights and comments about Tzedakah ("Charity") are found throughout the vast body of rabbinic literature. This book attempts to present a survey of the rabbinic sources concerning Tzedakah and to provide the reader with an analysis of the system of Tzedakah as created and understood by the Rabbis.

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