Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!aecom!teitz From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Re: Fund raising techniques Message-ID: <992@aecom.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 10:13:01 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.992 Posted: Tue Dec 4 10:13:01 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 02:21:43 EST References: <375@crystal.UUCP> <735@reed.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 24 > raphael@crystal.UUCP writes: > >What techniques are acceptable for a synagogue to raise money? I would like > >to elicit answers based on any set of standards you would like to raise, but > >I prefer standards grounded in halokho (Jewish way of life). > > > >Here is a list of fundraising projects I have heard of, and my one-line > >reaction: > > ... > > >Mi-she-beyrakh's (Prayers on behalf of a congregant, recited for a fee during > Torah reading): OK, but can be embarrassing. > ... > > I don't know about anyone else, but I'm appalled at the idea. > > ----- > Daniel Elbaum in our shul we do not force a person to pay for a misheberach, rather if the person feels like giving we allow it. if the person doesn't want to give they still get the same misheberach. Eliyahu Teitz.