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Are Bank Fees allowed to be deducted from a salary that was paid late?

Question: I work for a yeshiva that issues payroll checks on a very untimely basis. Although I knew that paychecks may not be issued on the exact date, the yeshiva… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser late payment
27/09/2017
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Ma’aser on Future Income

Question: Is one allowed to give tzedaka for ma’aser on the condition that it apply to future earnings? For example, if someone gets a paycheck on the 30th of the… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
25/09/2017
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Maaser versus Repaying Student Loan

Question: My wife and I have been scrupulous in paying 10% to maaser for some time, however, this maaser has been at the expense of repaying debt for a student… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser debt Tzedaka
20/09/2017
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Maaser on a mortgage

Question: Hi, I recently refinanced my mortgage and pulled out some money in the process. Do I have to pay Maaser on that money, or not since it is technically… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser mortgage
19/09/2017
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Maaser to ones husband

Question: My husband doesn’t support me financially. This arrangement began right at the start of our marriage. He recently asked me to pay for some of his medical bills. Since… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
15/09/2017
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Pay myself with maaser for doing work for a Mossad

Question: I am an accountant, and from time to time a certain Jewish org that does charitable work asks me to do some work for them. I feel like I… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
13/09/2017
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Deducting from Maaser money owed by Yeshiva.

Question: I taught at a Yeshiva for several years and being that the Yeshiva was in bad financial state I am still owed quite a bit of money that was… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser
13/09/2017
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Maaser for hurricane victims

Question: Dear Rabbi There are shuls in Houston Texas that I can support for help because of the flood–I can also send items of food, sundries etc. that they need…. Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser Tzedaka
29/08/2017
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Calculating income for maaser

Question: Do I give 10% of income to tzedaka? Is it after Taxes, what about living expenses, baby expenses, etc? What about small side earning (nothing illegal of course) or… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser taxes
13/07/2017
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Mayser when in debt

Question: Hi, If one is in debt owing money to various government agencies as well as the school his children go to (tuition), is he obligated to take mayser from… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser debt Maaser
10/07/2017
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Checks Found

Question: I run an outreach organization. There were others running the organization before we came to town who have since moved on. Going through many old files, we found checks… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Tzedaka
09/07/2017
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Maaser to a friend in need

Question: Dear Rabbi, I am very strict in giving maaser…to me it’s one of the most important mitzvot. I usually give to different organizations… My friend called me up and… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
07/07/2017
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Does the tax deduction on a donation add to maaser obligation?

Question: Being that charitable donations are tax deductible, does that add on the maaser-able income, bc now I have earned more money? Answer: It isn’t actual income, because you didn’t… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser Maaser taxes
06/07/2017
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Using Maaser for Mitzvah

Question: Can I use maaser money to pay to get my teffilin checked and get new straps? Answer: The general rule is that we may not use maser money for… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser mitzvah
03/07/2017
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Maaser

Question: If I am fully supported from my parents, do I need to give maaser? There would be some left over but it would make things very tight Answer: My… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser students
29/06/2017
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Maaser for students supported by thier parents

Question: What are my obligations for maaser? I am a student and am being supported by my parents. I do have some money left over at the end of the… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser studying
29/06/2017
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Maaser for hospital donations

Question: Dear Rabbi, My brother is fundraising money to help support Shaare Zedek hospital. Can I use my maser money for a donation to this hospital? Many thanks in advance!… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser hospital Maaser
29/06/2017
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Can one use maaser for Yom Tov? Can a wife give a husband her maaser if he is poor?

Question: Can one use their maaser money for Yom Tov expenses? Can ones wife give her husband her maaser money if he is poor?     Answer: In general, maaser… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser wife
29/06/2017
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Mafrish Ma’aser to a separate account?

Question: I know the chofetz chayim says a person should be mafrish ma’aser and not just do a cheshbon on paper. However, is it required to be mafrish ma’aser into… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser Tzedaka
28/06/2017
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Buying an expensinve store of a poor person and taking the difference from maaser

Question: There is a small grocery next to my house that is a tad more expensive than the bigger grocery further down the block. I know the small grocery needs… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Tzedaka
22/06/2017
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Can a Ba’al Tzedaka use lie detector on collectors

Question: We are friendly with an extremely wealthy person whose 10% reaches out to 10’s of millions per year. Poor people are at his office and home on a daily… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser tests Tzedaka
19/06/2017
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maaser for mishnayos

Question: Can I use maser to pay for a group to learn mishnayos for my recently deceased uncle? Answer: If the people learning the mishnayos are poor people then the… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser mishnayos
05/06/2017
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Maaser on school loan

Question: Do we need to give maaser on school loan? What if down the line the loan is forgiven (federal loan)? Thank you Answer: You do not have to give… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser Loan Maaser
30/05/2017
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Maaser

Question: If I am fully supported by my parents and have a job, do I need to give maaser money from the money I earn? Answer: You should give ma’aser… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
09/04/2017
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Am I allowed to take tzedakah

Question: I was always very careful never to borrow money from anyone ever and only spending whatever I could afford, and gave up on a lot of things I felt… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Tzedaka
09/03/2017
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Tzeddaka to a certain organization, in thought

Question: I read through your article “Think before you Think”, but I would like a clear p’sak what to do in the following situation. I met the director of a… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser charity. Tzeddaka vow
09/03/2017
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Bais medrash and Bais Yakov tuition

Question: My husband needed to close his business and he has lots of debts that he owes. He’s trying to start up a business in a different industry. I currently… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser tuition Tzedaka
23/02/2017
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Money for a haircut

Question: There is a rosh kollel who came over to me in beis medrash, put $100 into my hand, and told me to get a haircut (because he felt that… Read more »

Theft and robbery Tzdakah and maaser theft Tzedaka
20/02/2017
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Tzedakah to everyone

Question: When we say mefarnesin aniyei akum im aniyei yisrael mipnei darchei shalom, is that similar to mishum eivah or is it an inherently positive thing to be “Verachamav al… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Gentile Tzedaka
06/02/2017
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Donating Dead Inventory – Can it count as Maaser

Question: I have a business where I buy and sell. A have a decent amount of inventory that doesn’t really sell, and I would like to donate it towards a… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser merchandise Tzedaka
31/01/2017
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Can a reduction given to a poor person be deducted from maaser kesofim?

Question: If my daughter charges $12 an hour for babysitting, there’s a family who is not is a good financial status and my daughter charges them $6 an hour. Does… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser deductions
19/01/2017
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Is it permitted to take goverment assistance

Question: Is it permitted for a Jew to receive “food stamps” money and/or disability money from the US government, with regard to receiving charity from a non-Jew?’ What if the… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser charity. Tzeddaka government programs
18/01/2017
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Is it prohibited to take advantage of government tax incentives from giving tzedaka?

Question: Tzedaka is such an important mitzvah which lies at the core of Jewish life. I came across a confusing article online in a Jewish Journal, which made it seem… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Charity taxes
08/01/2017
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Maaser For Fees For Girl Schools

Question: I am aware that Rav Moshe Feinstein Zatzal says tuition for Girls schools should not be paid from maaser. What about fees such as registration fee and building fee… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser tuition
07/01/2017
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Do I have to give masser from chanuka gelt?

Question: Does on need to give masser on chanuka gelt? Can that masser go to bochrim in a dira to help cover daily costs? Answer: Monetary gifts that a person… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser presents
19/12/2016
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Deducting expenses from Ma’aser

Question: Can I deduct the car expenses (gas, maintenance, lease payments, insurance, etc) from my income when calculating the ma’aser? Thanks. Answer: If these were business expenses then they may… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser deductions Maaser
19/12/2016
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Received maaser to give to those in need – can we keep?

Question: A friend occasionally sends ma’aser money for us to give to those in need. We’re now in a position to be recipients of such assistance. This friend isn’t aware… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser charity. Tzeddaka
12/12/2016
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Charity obligations for one who has debts

Question: If I have debts of bank loans and credit cards let say of $50,000, do I still have the mitvah of tzedokoh and how much per year? Answer: Assuming… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser charity. Tzeddaka poor
12/12/2016
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Can money raised at charity Torah teaching count towards maaser

Question: I teach Torah and am not wealthy, but give money daily towards maaser kesafim because I believe in the value of daily giving. I have been asked to teach… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser charity. Tzeddaka Maaser
06/12/2016
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chinuch

Question: The gemara Kiddushin 29a says there is a mitzvah for a father to teach his son a profession (um’nis). what is the obligation of a parent nowadays in this… Read more »

Jewish Outlook Tzdakah and maaser
23/11/2016
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Maaser from Pension Scheme Contribution

Question: Dear Rabbi, My parents pay me monthly a certain amount of money for my pension (they pay it on my account and I transfer it to the pension company… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser Pension
10/10/2016
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Had in mind to give tzedaka and poor person disappeared

Question: If I see a man going around my shul collecting tzedakah and I have in mind to give him some tzedakah (is there a difference if I think of… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser thought to give Tzedaka
05/10/2016
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Maaser and Debt

Question: Due to the financial crisis in 2008, I had to borrow very substantial sums of money from family in order to stay afloat and for my family and I… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser
26/09/2016
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Yerusha

Question: I got a significant amount of money as inheritance. Do I have to give maaser on all of it soon or can I save and disburse it yearly over… Read more »

Inheritance and wills Tzdakah and maaser
21/09/2016
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Maaser and charity with separate funds

Question: I have three separate bank accounts. In one of them I receive my salary. In the second one, I deposit all the maaser money. I have a question with… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
16/08/2016
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Maaser money on sale of a home

Question: I sold a home, bought an apartment, performed shipputizm on the latter, & still realized a profit. Question: am I required to give maaser on the net profit on… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser Maaser
16/08/2016
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Can I use my maaser to help someone pay off their debt to me?

Question: Someone owes me money and can’t afford to pay it back. Can I use some of my maser to pay off the this debt on their behalf. Do I… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser
07/08/2016
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Can some of our tuitions be paid from Maaser money?

Question: If there are other yeshivas and Bais Yakovs available in my city that charge lower tuition, can the difference that we have to pay be paid from our maaser… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser
07/08/2016
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Can I give my maaser to myself

Question: If my monthly income is 10000 and expenses are 11000 (I need to borrow or collect donations from relatives $1000 monthly) can I give my maaser to myself? Or… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser
05/08/2016
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Maaser mony to pay Mohel

Question: May I use maaser money to pay the Mohel who performs to bris on my son? Answer: It is a dispute amonst the Rishonim and Achronim. If the situation necessitates you can… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser
01/08/2016
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