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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
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Subject: Re: Re: Charity
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Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 10:15:35 EST
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> 
> I think the critical difference is that taxes are always
> assumed to be extracted by force (of law at least) while
> charity is assumed to be a freewill offering of your wealth.
> 
> Doesn't the tithe belong to God under Jewish Law ?
> 
> What I mean is Jews don't give their tithe money to the Red Cross
> do you ?  Would it be channeled through your congregation ?
> 
> 

	As far as I remember, the tithe belongs to me to distribute as I 
 see fit. And the Red Cross is a charitable organization as much as any
 Jewish organization is. The Salvation Army on the other hand is different,
 being a religious group ( non Jewish ).

				Eliyahu Teitz.