UNDERSTANDING THE OBLIGATION

There is a longstanding practice to give ma’aser on (tithe) one’s earnings for charitable and Torah causes. But upon closer examination, what is the source for this custom? The Torah discusses ma’aser on crops and on animals, but we don’t find a mitzva of ma’aser regarding money. Further, how does this interact with the general mitzva of tzedaka?

Rabbi Avi Danziger wove a masterful shiur to address these issues and more, building from the individual obligation to give tzedakah and the limits of that obligation. In that context Rabbi Danziger addressed several difficult questions and built an understanding of the framework of these mitzvos.

Relive the shiur with the recording below, for the background sources click here.