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Money to Affiliated Charity

If a person who is affiliated with a charitable organization makes you a Shali’ach (messenger) to give tzedaka (charity), can you return that money to that person?

As an example, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt”l, used to give everyone a dollar, with the request that the recipient give the dollar to charity. Could the recipient have fulfilled his messenger responsibility by returning the dollar to the Rebbe telling him that he is giving back the dollar to be used for Chabad’s work?

Answer:

Yes, this is fine. Since the money is going to charity, the affiliation with the charitable cause does not make a difference.

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