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The tzedaka organization is allowed to deduct from the tzedaka account any expenses that were incurred to enable the tzedaka fund to function (quote from The laws of tzedakah and maaser by R Sh …

This is different from "standard tsedaka" Anytime a person gives money or items to charity he fulfills the Mitzvah of giving Tzedakah, even if he does not keep an accounting of what he has given …

R Avrohom Chaim Feuer brings an interesting view in his book The tzedakah treasury (p. 131) regarding investment portfolios. He writes you need to give maaser once you sell the investment on the capi …

not needed he is obligated to remedy the situation or notify the owner The only limitation is if it will result in monetary hardship or physical suffering as one is not obligated to sacrifice his own money …

Jewish Encyclopedia writes a heavy talent was 60 kilograms, a light talent 30 kilograms, and there's an opinion (very bottom) it is 20 kilograms. 10,000 talents would then be between 200-600 tons of s …

Based on that, the answers to your first two questions is that one can accept the money. … and they have to return the money]. …

Similarly, dinonline (here) writes For a rebate, maaser has already been taken from the money, which is not considered a new income, and therefore there is no obligation to give maaser again. …

Applying this idea of public necessities, R Aaron Tendler rules someone who got extra money in a store but doesn't know which should give the money to the city to be used for a public service. … One who gives money to the public should pray that his victims benefit from his money to the full extent of what he owes them. …

the investor, and in terms of לפני עור (lifnei iver), that the investor is helping facilitate a transgression, that would not be an issue since they could easily run the company without the investors money …

The title of your question speaks of obligation while the text of your question speaks of tradition. There is indeed a significant discussion amongst poskim about the exact status of maaser. R Avrohom …

I therefore did what you suggest, thinking of what the gemara calls a great principle: "One who wants to extract money from his fellow is obligated to bring proof" (Bava Kamma 46a) i.e., it was … for the landlord to prove I owed him money beyond the rent. …

The Rambam (in Hilchot Mechira 25:5) brings the following halacha When a person sells a house, he also sells the oven, the range, the door frames that are attached with mortar, the door, the bea …

R Eliezer Melamed (Peninei Halakha, Shabbat 22:14) answers it is permitted to be paid for permissible Shabbat work within a broader payment (e.g., weekly, monthly) - this is called havla’ah (see also …

The gemara (Baba Batra 9a) teaches that the minimum one needs to give to tzedaka is a third of a shekel a year. The SA (YD 249:2) rules accordingly and adds that one who does not give this bare minimu …

I do not see a difference between placing an order for stock or (crypto-)currency. Maybe the question arises because crypto-currency trades 24/24 7/7 unlike certain stocks. The question of putting in …