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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| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gorgias Handbooks
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Table of 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