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!linus!philabs!aecom!teitz From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Re: Charity Message-ID: <1205@aecom.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 10:15:35 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.1205 Posted: Tue Mar 5 10:15:35 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 16:54:33 EST References: <695@whuxlm.UUCP> <1282@akgua.UUCP> Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 18 > > 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.