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Feminists will probably not like this. Furthermore, what if the wife is
the main wage earner in a family, as is the case in many Kollel families,
and yet she does not make the financial decisions in the home?<br><br>
From
<a href="http://revach.net/article.php?id=1625" eudora="autourl">
http://revach.net/article.php?id=1625</a><br><br>
<font size=3>The Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh Deah 248:4) says that it is
permitted to take a small amount of Tzedakah from a woman but if her
husband protests it is forbidden to take anything from her. The Noda
B'Yehuda says if a person who is very wealthy is not giving the requisite
amount of Tzedakah for a person of his means, it is forbidden for the
wife to try to make up for her husband's stinginess and give money on her
own volition to Tzedakah. <br><br>
Even if the wife is running the finances in the house it is forbidden for
her to give Tzedakah if she knows that her husband is Makpid. If she does
give Tzedakah it is forbidden to take the money from her. Even though
Bais Din may force someone to give Tzedakah according to his means
however the wife does not have the authority to do so on her own and
anyone who takes money from her is stealing. <br><br>
The Yad Avrohom (YD 248) brings from the Yam Shel Shlomo who seems to
indicate that if the woman makes the financial decisions in the home then
it is as if her husband made her a Shlucha and accepting from her even
large donations is permitted.<br>
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Yitzchok Levine</font></body>
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