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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Ulmer, Moshe,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Handbooks
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463235970; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463235970
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Moshe Ulmer.

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.