[Avodah] Torah Institutions = Tzeddakah?

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Nov 20, 2007 12:55 PM, Elazar M. Teitz <remt at juno.com> wrote:

>
>
>     I assume that all would agree that just as, e.g., giving money to an
> individual for hachnasas kallah represents fulfillment of tz'dakah, so too
> giving it through an organization dedicated to that cause is equally
> tz'dakah.  Obviously, giving money to an individual to pay for Torah
> education is tz'dakah, since it is part of "dei machsoro;" why, then, should
> it be any less an act of tz'dakah if it is given through an organization
> dedicated to the meeting of that need?
>
> EMT


I suppose that when giving $$$ to a Torah institutions means putting bread
on the table of scholars who would otherwise not make ends meet it would of
course be Tzedakah.

But if the teachers are making parnassoh elsewhere [such as those who are
shul rabbis] is it realy a din of dei machsaro? If that is the case, I lost
my computer job in 2001 and I have never recovered that income. Am I
entitled to get tzedakkah to restore me to my former tax bracket?


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