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Tag: Poverty
The Importance of Community Giving
Fundamentally, Jewish law offers some clear guidelines responding to the problems of poverty, the best of which is to prevent poverty itself.
Rabbi Elliot Dorff
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 24, 2023
Every Day
Jewish Law
When Mercy Seasons Justice
Parashat Vayera is about a tense and dramatic conversation between God and Abraham about the destruction of Sodom.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 4, 2022
Parashat Vayera
Parashat Vayera Dvar Torah
The Biblical Sources and Context for Tzedakah
The Torah provides many examples and legal provisions which are the foundation of our understanding of tzedakah.
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Elliot Dorff
June 29, 2022
Every Day
Hebrew Bible