Thursday, March 19, 2009

Rambam-Tz'dakah, Laws 5 & 6 questions

This was the assignment from Monday and Tuesday this week.

Read Halakhot/Paragrpahs 5 & 6 and answer the following 4 questions

Halakhah 5 questions:
1) If you are walking along the street and a poor person asks you for some spare change, but you don’t have any or don’t feel comfortable pulling your wallet out in front of him, what should you do? Is this also an example of giving? How so?

2) How does Rambam describe the condition of a poor person in this halakhah?

3) We talked about the idea of “being sensitive” in our study of halakhah 4 last week. Does Rambam’s teaching here help to clarify the sensitivity that he is trying to teach us?

Halakhah 6 Question:
1) Why do you think Rambam believes the reward for the “fundraiser” or “collector” should be and is greater than the reward for the giver? What does the fundraiser or collector do to deserve this honor?

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