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<div>I am learning the AH"S hilchot tzedaka and am struck by the poverty in the communities he relates to. This reminded me of imi morati ZL”“HH relating her father’s description of the grinding poverty in the shtetl. (lots of sociological history in halacha).
Of particular interest was his description of how the universal practice of a single communal kupat tzedaka came to an end. Sometimes reality trumps “halacha” and maybe the mimetic tradition fails to restart in cases it should. Thoughts?</div>
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<div>KT<br>
Joel Rich</div>
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