[Avodah] R Asher Weiss

[Michael Kopinsky]

On 4/15/07, saul mashbaum <smash52 at netvision.net.il> wrote:
>
>
> Consider the following scenario: a poor person, let's call him
> Moishie gives his friend, Shloimie, also a poor person, $100 as tzedaka
> (even though Moishie owes many times that amount). Shloimie promply gives
> the $100 to Moishie as tzedaka. The friends continue to give the $100 to one
> another, doing this dozens of times. Ultimately Moishie sees that Shloimie
> will not keep the $100, although he wants him to, and puts it in back his
> wallet. Now Moishie and Shloimie are each exactly as impoverished as before,
> but each has the tremendous zchut of having given thousands of dollars to
> tzedaka!
>
> I doubt that this really "works" in the heavenly beit din,  but not being
> privy to the proceedings of this most Supreme Court of all, I can't really
> be sure.
>
> Saul Mashbaum
>
>

See SA OC 696:4 (talking about Mishloach Manos): "V'im ein lo, machlif im
chaveiro, zeh sholeich l'zeh seudaso v'zeh sholeiach l'zeh seudaso k'dei
l'kayem umishloach manos ish l'rei'eihu."
Not a complete parallel, but there is a similarity...

Michael
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