Padawanbater2
Well-Known Member
In Judaism, there are 8 ranks of charitable giving, in order from best to worst they are:
I hadn't heard this before, I thought it was good advice
- the best option is to give the needy a job or business partnership so that they can become self-sufficient (in a sense, gleaning is a form of this, as you are not giving people handouts, you are giving them an opportunity to do honest labor for food)
- give in such a way that neither the donor nor the recipient knows who each other are
- the donor knows who the recipient is, but not vice versa
- the recipient knows who the donor is, but not vice versa
- both the donor and recipient knows who each other are, but the donor gives without being asked
- the donor only gives after being directly asked
- the donor does not give as much as he could have, but he gives cheerfully
- the worst way to give charity is to give grudgingly
I hadn't heard this before, I thought it was good advice