Rabbi Dr. David Gottlieb - Jewish Philosophy: Charity and Character Development

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it's a very short story which I think raises a number of deep issues there were a certain very great people in Europe over the last say 35 for hundred years usually the stories are told in the Hasidic circles but I don't think it was restricted only to succeed him these people had an absolute principle of not having any money because they were recognized holy people used to come to them and something that was very widely customary if you want to earn merit for yourself what you do is give money to all the person and tell him I want you to do a mitzvah with that money because I know that the Mitzvah that you will do with that money will be much purer much more elevated than mr. I will do with that money forgiven money distresses the charity or top of the zone so people did come and give him money he had a rule that every night before he went to sleep all the money was out of the house that's all even go to sleep with money now once he couldn't sleep and he searched the house they found that somebody had received money on his behalf and didn't tell him about it and I was put in one of the drawers which wasn't usually used for that purpose he found the money I got it out of house and he was able to sleep so this was this person's remember who it was this person's practice absolutely no leftover money does he did four years as others did at one point he stopped doing it and he gave no cheerio for several months people continue to

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3. 9:41dollars to one person if anything give me a thousand dollars one person is going to…
4. 14:17what's that under this he says Oh outside wait was I wait a couple of hours…
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6. 24:06a hopeful call because since he loves me and I love him an opportunity to show…
7. 28:47one who serves out of obligation and duty is overcoming more resistance and then he should…
8. 33:28service that he's providing that doesn't mean is not lower great it's a very important point…
9. 38:05skill and yet there's a thrill of William and it's worth it the pain is worth…
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