Audio Classes on Charity

What are the eight levels in charity? To whom do you have to give Charity first? What is the best way to give Charity? How much Charity must one give? Is there a limit to the amount of charity I can give?

This class expounds upon the deeper meaning for the mitzvah of tzedakah and what it accomplishes.

What do you think is the most significant verse in the entire Torah? You will be really surprised to hear the answer. This week we have a powerful relevant lesson and a great story of the incredible philanthropist Baruch from Minsk!

Triumph and endurance: two aspects of the Jewish psyche. Look into your life and find the parsha therein.

No one loved his fellow Jews more than R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. This story paints a picture of life in Berditchev of old.

A riveting story about a rich man who wouldn’t give any tzedakah. Join Rabbi Sholem Perl, master storyteller, as he brings to life this story that shows us the importance of helping the poor and welcoming guests into our home.

Our Sages teach: “tzedakah, charity, is equivalent to all the mitzvot combined”. Why such great emphasis on this individual mitzvah?

We learn so much from a seed. One tiny seed can yield a tree overflowing with fruit. True abundance comes from a special kind of planting, with a certain kind of attitude. Learn how to invest in a way that will yield abundance and blessing.

"You shall not steal."

Discover layers of significance to the mitzvah of tzedakah, which is so much more that simple charity.

The Rebbe’s mitzvah campaign of Tzedaka places great emphasis on everyone having a pushka (charity box), and ensuring it’s prominently displayed. This class endeavors to crystalize why this is so important in reclaiming a lost Jewish art.

Three Hebrew letters contain an encoded message explaining how tzedakah is really not charity but justice.

Why doesn’t G‑d just give each person their appropriate share of wealth, rather than creating a world where some people are wealthy and others are in need?

The promises of reward for one who gives tzedakah. Malachi 3:10: “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse . . . and please test Me . . . if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you blessing . . .”

How much money are we destined to make this year? And how much are we destined to keep? Why the money we give away to tzedaka was never really ours to begin with.

Sometimes we give in order to feel better about ourselves. How can we make sure that our giving is altruistic? When our giving is determined by the recipients needs and not by our desire to give.

Couldn't G-d have just made a world where nobody needed any money. A look at the very spiritual side of economics.

The Torah says that one must give a tenth of their wealth to tzedaka but no more than one fifth. Are there ever circumstances where it is fitting to give even more? Tzedaka as a mode of repentance

The spiritual ripple effect of using our material means to give tzedaka.

A quick overview of some of the basic laws of charity including Maimonides' famous "Eight Levels of Charity."

Tracing the history and significance of charity as a channel to influence a heavenly decree, examining Scriptural, Rabbinic, and Chassidic sources.

We spend more than a third of our lives sleeping and eating and doing other mundane things. How can we elevate all aspects of our lives? And why are the mitzvot of tzedakah (charity) and affixing a mezuzah comparable to keeping all the other mitzvot of the Torah?

Why we give charity before we pray, why we refrain from eating certain foods, and how saying blessings promotes the attitude of gratitude.

You can take the lead of your own life and start writing better scripts. It’s not easy, but it’s doable.

Melbourne has often been named one of the most livable cities in the world. Lesser known, but most important, is that this “shtetl” is famous for its kindness—it’s hachnasat orchim—generously hosting and caring for its guests, and for the enormous compassion that the people have for each other.

Literally “bringing in the bride,” it refers to the mitzvah of providing bride and groom with all that they need to marry.

What happens in a situation where a person has income but is in a physical or mental state that renders him unable to fulfill his charitable obligations? Is he exempt from being charitable, or must others contribute from his resources on his behalf?

The poor tailor became a beggar, and it seemed to the local population that he had lost his mind.

Yizkor is recited four times a year: on the last day of Passover, on the second day of Shavuot, on Shemini Atzeret and Yom Kippur.

When he will see that she doesn't want to argue and fight, his desire to argue will also weaken and decrease over time.

Join us as we discover the life and times of a Jewish leader and Torah scholar.

“I came to honor the holy rabbi, to tell this story and express my gratitude,” continued the rich businessman who had traveled all the way to Fez to see Rabbi Yehuda Ben-Attar. “I am certain the ruin of my ex-partner is because he used your name to swear falsely”

Before I fall asleep I imagine my grandmother reminding me to learn to narrate my life with positivity and gratitude.

“When I was a young man of twenty,” the Baal Shem Tov began his story, “shortly after being accepted in the society of hidden tzaddikim, several of us came to the city of Brody . . .”

When giving charity, clearly one should give wholeheartedly and pleasantly. But how critical to the mitzvah of tzedakah is the manner in which it is given? Maimonides and Rashi offer differing views. This class analyzes their positions and reveals the essence of charity. (Likutei Sichos vol. 34, Sicha 2)

When the Torah instructs us to give charity, it uses very specific words, to convey a profound message on what giving is all about.

Study the daily lesson of Sefer HaMitzvos for day 125 with Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, where he teaches the mitzvah in-depth with added insight and detail.