[Avodah] supporting mehadrin

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 08:16:45AM -0700, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
: http://jewishworker.blogspot.com/2011/09/real-cost-of-mehadrin-standards.html 
: should  there  be parameters of those who  can't afford a 'mehadrin' 
: lifestyle , in terms of  their  tzedaka requests?

Wouldn't it qualify as dei machsero, no less than other luxuries the
person would feel pain if they had to give up?

: can a donor  legitimately distinguish between supporting  minimal or even 
: average needs, vs  chumrot that cost  significantly more?

Of course they can. Also, like dei machsero. Most of us need to triage our
way through causes to give to, and why wouldn't someone decide to spend
some money on someone who isn't refularly putting food on their table
rather than paying for some chumerah or the formerly rich person's car?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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