[Avodah] Testing God

[Zev Sero]

Jonathan Baker wrote:

> So I've heard informally in other places: "tzedaka is the one thing you can
> do to test Hashem

It comes from the pasuk which says openly "uvchanuni na bazot".
Technically this isn't so 100%, since the pasuk is about maaser d'oraita,
not tzedaka in general, but minhag yisrael is to extend it to all forms
of donations (including those that aren't technically tzedaka either,
such as money for yeshivot).

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