Agree with other responders below… there are thousands of acts of kindness…
raising kids
being a friend
supporting family $$$
baking treats
employing Gods gifts
etc. endless ways…
Example: Grocery store shopping, another shopper saw flat tire, before returning home.
We helped change tire.
Grocery store - early winter + another shopper slipped falling on her knees (could hear crack of bones on tile floor). Helped her, she leaned on me to car + sought medical attention.
Why not both (;
Brilliantly done! i would only add that doing tzedakah (i.e., seeking justice) can be done in addition to individual acts. Doing tzedakah means to work for a just society, so that there are fewer poor and needy among us. Seeing that workers are justly compensated for their labor; that the sick and ailing get the care they need, and more. Thank you for this message.
Thanks. If I give cash to a struggling person disguised as a "gift" with a card, etc., is that charity? What about a generous tip? What about random donations to shul?
Yes, that all counts as tzedakah.
Baruch Hashem!
Thank you. This explanation is very good. I believe it and am working on having this attitude when I give. But does tzedakah have only to do with money?
I have struggled most of my life financially due to a number of reasons, but never actually in dire need, financially. Now I have money due to an inheritance. I'm grateful to be able to give much more without worry. But when I ask for other help in my life, mental, emotional, spiritual, educational, more often than not, I am told I am being ungrateful because I am so well off materially. I want to be able to help others in more ways than money. To due this, I want to be stronger in all the ways mentioned above. Just wondering.
I give money and I also knit and give new blankets. The knitting keeps me busy and the blanket keeps someone warm.
What about people who give for a specific cause because they want G-d to help them in that area like finding a wife for a child and donating to such funds that help brides? Why is it not considered bribery when you give charity on the high holidays so you can have a good year?
One who gives charity, to receive personal blessings still gets the mitzvah!
It's the type of bribery that God likes!!
Because even if you weren't so real and sincere while helping the poor man, that poor man's meal that you provided was VERY real. He was hungry, or otherwise suffering for real, and you helped him for real.
And that's what counts.
love it!! what a game changer!
very nice
Creative, Clear, fun and informative
Thank you!
Would it be awesome (if you're in the position), to give daily, and make big contributions monthly? ב"ה
Like the video suggests, it was possible to increase my monthly gifts, and also give daily, so far this has been a real blessing. Not only on the giving, and also in my personal journey.
May G-d bless you all and put you in the position to experience his beneficence ב"ה