Kennes Rabbanim Woodmere: Contemporary Dilemmas in Hilchos Tzedaka | Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a (5786)

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So our next session as we said we shifted um from inanas to yan stucka especially as we are all heading in to a season of matanosim something that obviously and stuck in general is something that we all spend uh much time with in terms of the distribution and allocations of funds and so the r will address that particular area. So as the bon leaders of communities you probably u some of the most common questions are seduca and especially priorities in seduka. So after a brief uh overview we will speak about some specific questions and dilemas and at our next session or the last session we could also bring up uh questions from from from the raon. So Simmed alf there's a lengthy sermon about kadeima in sedoka and the problem with defining specific pis guidelines in this topic is the complexity. When we ask Kadeima and Sudoka, we have not one, not two, not three, but four different criteria. And to put it briefly, to what to give, whom to give, how to give, and to which to give. Sounds confusing. Let me explain. To whom? Family. So one criteria is who is most uh fitting to receive your sedoka money to what to give various different needs. Which need to address is levels of desperation mazinus housing. Is there any priorities what you are going to give towards and finally how to give? And these are different areas in Zion deals with various different causes. Zion deals with levels of desperation. How to give and how do these different criteria interact one with another? I do not have a missionist dura answering all these questions but we do have sources dealing with some of them. So there seems to be a mic between theam

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