{"id":283,"date":"2008-02-18T15:36:53","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T13:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jobshuk.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/18\/nisht-in-shabbos-gereht-vol-17-parshat-truma\/"},"modified":"2008-02-18T15:36:53","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T13:36:53","slug":"nisht-in-shabbos-gereht-vol-17-parshat-truma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobshuk.com\/zvi\/2008\/02\/18\/nisht-in-shabbos-gereht-vol-17-parshat-truma\/","title":{"rendered":"Nisht in Shabbos Gereht, vol. 17: Parshat Truma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us know the famous commentary on the beginning of Parshat Truma. The question raised is why the text uses the language of &quot;taking&quot; when referring to donations of a voluntary heart. The common explanation is that we receive more than we give when donating or being charitable, especially for G-d&#8217;s will.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a difference between giving a donation and giving charity in Jewish thought? Truma seems to be a gift given for services, such as the mishkan or kohanim, to help the service continue. Charity is giving justified (tzedek=justice) resources for those in need. The grey area seems to lie in the famous list of ways to give tzedaka composed by the Rambam, specifically the highest form. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/judaism.about.com\/od\/beliefs\/a\/charity_nine.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa Katz<\/a> phrases it in a particularly inciteful way:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The highest form of charity is to help sustain a person before they become impoverished &#8230; by helping them find employment or establish themselves in business so as to make it unnecessary for them to become dependent on others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This level of charity resembles Truma in that it contributes to the continuity of a working system, instead of trying to recover someone who&#8217;s already in trouble. This is the kind of giving that gives back so much more, and is higher than putting money in a pushka. <\/p>\n<p>So why are people so generous when solicited for a charity organization, but cheap when it comes to business dealings, often avoiding business with a Jew to get a better rate from a foreigner or non-Jew? <br \/>(And when we can do business with Israel, supporting Jews settling the homeland, and get great prices, we&#8217;d be foolish to do anything else!)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us know the famous commentary on the beginning of Parshat Truma. The question raised is why the text uses the language of &quot;taking&quot; when referring to donations of a voluntary heart. The common explanation is that we receive more than we give when donating or being charitable, especially for G-d&#8217;s will. Is there &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobshuk.com\/zvi\/2008\/02\/18\/nisht-in-shabbos-gereht-vol-17-parshat-truma\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nisht in Shabbos Gereht, vol. 17: Parshat Truma&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-parsha","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nisht in Shabbos Gereht, vol. 17: Parshat Truma - Classic JobShuk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jobshuk.com\/zvi\/2008\/02\/18\/nisht-in-shabbos-gereht-vol-17-parshat-truma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nisht in Shabbos Gereht, vol. 17: Parshat Truma - Classic JobShuk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most of us know the famous commentary on the beginning of Parshat Truma. 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