[Avodah] Whether a super-rich person may give more than 20% to charity

[Rich, Joel]

> Interesting - permitted versus what does HKB"H want from me?
> Any sources (should one on his deathbed give it all away for his zchut
> and let his children do their best for themselves?)
> Joel Rich

According to S"A YD 249:1: One should not give more than 20% of his
earnings, lest he become poor and dependent upon the community. However,
he is permitted to give away as much as he wishes at the time of his
death, because at that point, that fear no longer exists. (This is also
implicit in Kesubos 67b.)

A number of achronim have written that a super wealthy individual
("ashir muflag") is not bound by the 20% limit, because he has no fear
of becoming poor.

Kol tuv,
Moshe