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Originally Posted by Aarcyn
HAHAHA!!!
Leave it to me to mix that quote up good!! Ah gotta love us nice Jewish old ladies!!!
I thought I would copy what the great teacher/philosopher Maimonides said of the levels of tzedakah (giving). Number one is the highest level.
1. Giving an interest-free loan to a person in need; forming a partnership with a person in need; giving a grant to a person in need; finding a job for a person in need; so long as that loan, grant, partnership, or job results in the person no longer living by relying upon others.
2. Giving tzedakah anonymously to an unknown recipient via a person (or public fund) which is trustworthy, wise, and can perform acts of tzedakah with your money in a most impeccable fashion.
3. Giving tzedakah anonymously to a known recipient.
4. Giving tzedakah publicly to an unknown recipient.
5. Giving tzedakah before being asked.
6. Giving adequately after being asked.
7. Giving willingly, but inadequately.
8. Giving "in sadness" (giving out of pity): It is thought that Maimonides was referring to giving because of the sad feelings one might have in seeing people in need (as opposed to giving because it is a religious obligation). Other translations say "Giving unwillingly."
The dog donations were on the second highest level.
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Do you remember the Rebbe everyone used to quote a few (probably 20 yrs) years ago?? Seems like he was quoted in the Breakfast with Morrie books also about the giving of time & attention was as great as the giving of money.