Righteous Giving to the Poor: "Tzedakah" ("Charity") in Classical Rabbinic Judaism : : Including a Brief Introduction to Rabbinic Literature / / 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 understoo...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Gorgias Handbooks
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (198 p.) |
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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 |
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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. |
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. |