[Avodah] Avodah Post - Ma'aser Funds for Raffles

[Michael Kopinsky]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Joseph Sasson <sasson11 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  ...For the purposes of this discussion I would like to assume that
> ma'aser kesafim is a hiyuv.  A general discussion on the nature of such
> obligation (if any) is not my intent.  My questions are as follows:
>
>
> 1.  Primarily, can one allocate ma'aser funds for such a project? If so,
> where do we draw the line in terms of percentages retained by the charity?
>

I don't think you can ask this question without involving the question of
whether ma'aser is a chiyuv.  According to some poskim who say it's a chiyuv
gamur, your question does not even start, since they hold ma'aser can only
go to aniyim, and your question involved a yeshiva.  If ma'aser is a minhag
be'alma, then lechorah the question of using ma'aser money for a raffle
ticket is a question of sociology (ie what is common practice), rather than
of sevarah.

So I don't think you can answer one question without addressing the other.

KT,
Michael
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