TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ulmer,Moshe
TI  - Righteous Giving to the Poor: "Tzedakah" ("Charity") in Classical Rabbinic Judaism: Including a Brief Introduction to Rabbinic Literature 
T2  - Gorgias Handbooks
SN  - 9781463202613
AV  - BJ1286.C5 U46 2014eb
U1  - 296.3/677 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - Charity laws and legislation (Jewish law)
KW  - Charity
KW  - Rabbinical literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463235970
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