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Non obligated maaser

Question: I saw many questions here about someone who has student loan debts and other debts and they were answered that they don’t have to give maaser but should still… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser
10/05/2018
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Maaser money for bein hazmanim program

Question: I’ve started a program that encourages torah learning during bein hazmanim and offers a raffle for those who learn. I would like to try to expand the program. Can… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser maaser money
11/04/2018
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Maaser and tefillin for a bar mitzvah boy

Question: Can the cost of purchasing a set of tefillin for my son as he approaches bar mitzvah be paid from ma’aser money? Why or why not? Answer: Essentially we… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser maaser money Tefillin
25/03/2018
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maaser on employee health benefits (USA)

Question: K’vod haRav, in the US it is common for the employer to pay most of the cost of health insurance (e.g. if the insurance costs $24000/year, the employee pays… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser
06/03/2018
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giving masser with a credit card

Question: Is giving masser through a credit card permissible? The company is in essence “lending” you the money and you are in essence “paying” your debt to them with money… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser credit card loan Maaser
07/02/2018
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Masser with credit cards that offer bonuses

Question: Can I give masser through a credit card that offers cash back if a certain amount is spent within a certain amount of time . For example if I… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser credit-card Tzedaka
04/02/2018
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Finance

Question: Our people have the best financial knowledge there is. How do you invest $400 a month ? Answer: Specific financial advice is not my specialty, but one thing I… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser tzedakah
30/01/2018
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Financial Pledge

Question: Dear Rabbi, On entering certain ‘kiruv’ yeshivot one is sometimes asked to sign a pledge to compensate an institution financially in the future for time spent – when payment… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Tzedaka
21/01/2018
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Maaser money for therapy

Question: Hi I’m dating a guy seriously and a few emotional issues have arisen on my behalf that he is unwilling to get engaged if I don’t get help with… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
17/01/2018
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About donation amounts

Question: Shalom Rav, Is there a minimum or maximum percentage of one’s earnings one may donate in a year ? Would it be a percentage f the gross earnings or… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser
05/01/2018
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Can extra maasar carry over to the next year?

Question: Last year, through the year I paid for 4 members of my family to have expensive urgent dental work done because they could not afford it. I put these… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
05/01/2018
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Can a loan count as maaser ?

Question: I have loaned an ex friend money (no contract or witnesses) assuming he would pay me back, a year later and I still havnt received the money back, Can… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
05/01/2018
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Giving to ones not necessarily poor

Question: I’ve been giving some of my own money but right now I’m feeling a bit stingy and would rather give from my mayser money to those in the train… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser maakeh Tzedaka
20/12/2017
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I really don’t remember if I gave maaser on a couple checks, what should I do?

Question: I really don’t remember if I gave maaser on a couple checks I received a couple months ago, what should I do? Answer: It depends on what you said… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
14/12/2017
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Maaser and receiving 35% back from taxes paid to government

Question: When I give donation and receive a receipt – at the end of the year, the government deducts 35% of the donation – off our taxes. We don’t actually… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser calculating maaser Maaser
14/12/2017
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giving away money

Question: I hire a babysitter to watch my children from 1:30 to 4:20 in the afternoon. I come home at 4:20, a few minutes before shkia. I owe the babysitter… Read more »

Employees and employers Tzdakah and maaser paying workers on time Tzedaka
03/12/2017
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Maaser for medical research

Question: Hi way one give from his maaser to help donate for medical research? Of course it’s not to a Jewish organization but surely Jewish people will benefit. Answer: One… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
29/11/2017
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College for Kollel Wife

Question: My spouse and I help out our married daughter by paying for various things that they just don’t have money for, rather than giving them money each month. ex…. Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser tzedakah
06/11/2017
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Status of Pushka Money

Question: If money gets stolen from your pushka do you have to pay it back? What if you let someone that isn’t trustworthy into your house would that be considered… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser stealing tzedakah
05/11/2017
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Masser to sponsor a tractate

Question: May I use Masser to sponsor a learning of a tractate Talmud of Moed and learner, thanks Answer: You mat defiinitely give maaser money to support the learning of… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser torah learning Tzedaka
03/11/2017
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Is it allowed to take percentage off money raised for an organization?

Question: I am arranging a raffle online, which the profits will go to a tzedakka organization. My question is: Am I allowed to take money from the profits? If yes,… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser salary tzedakah
01/11/2017
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Borrowing from Tzedaka

Question: Thank you for your wonderful website. If your family collects Tomchei Shabbos from the neighbors, are you allowed to borrow that money? Answer: On one hand the Shulchan Aruch… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser borrowing Tzedaka
01/11/2017
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Giving money for a bikur cholim from maaser

Question: Dear Rabbi Gut Mo’ed. Thank you so much for the great Mitzvah of Dinonline Ask The Rabbi, and your kindness and help to all of us and for answering… Read more »

Laws of interpersonal relations Tzdakah and maaser Maaser sick
13/10/2017
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Maaser/Tzedakah

Question: I just recently graduated from college, finally coming off my parents payroll as they like to say. I spent this summer working at an internship and driving for Uber/Lyft,… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Maaser
04/10/2017
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Maaser for a loan that was forgiven

Question: I took out a loan from a bank for a considerable amount of money, which was later negotiated down to about 10%, with the rest forgiven. The loan was… Read more »

Tzdakah and maaser Loan Maaser
01/10/2017
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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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