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Source Gittin 8a which is regarding what part of the mediteranien sea is obligated in Maaser (see 7b-8a) (Bold is translation everything else is Research)
הנסין שבים רואין אותן כאילו חוט מתוח עליהם מטורי אמנון עד נחל מצרים מן החוט ולפנים א"י מן החוט ולחוץ חו"ל רבי יהודה אומר כל שכנגד ארץ ישראל הרי הוא כא"י
The Islands in the Mediteranean sea within ...
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Right off the bat, the Ba'eir Heitev there raises your question and suggests that there might be a typo:
ומ"ש הט"ז כמו בהפרשת דמאי ע"ש הוא נגד המשנה במסכת דמאי פרק א' משנה
ל' ומפרישין אותו ערום וכו' ע"ש ואולי שט"ס הוא בדברי הט"ז
Alternatively a possible answer is that the Taz didn't mean that in the specific case of Demai ...
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Let's not forget the next prohibition on the Rambam's list (#154):
The 154th prohibition is that we are forbidden from giving the agricultural gifts out of order; rather, we must give them in the proper order.
Separating Terumot and Maaserot before separating Bikkurim violates one of the 613 Torah commandments (Mishna Terumot 3:6-7). So in practice your ...
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The Mitzva applies in all places and at all times, even today and even outside of Israel. (Bechorot 9:1)
However, since nowadays we can't offer the animals as Korbanot and we'd have to wait for the animal to get a blemish in order to eat it, there was a rabbinic enactment not to fulfill the Mitzva lest people come to sin by eating it before it got a blemish....
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See Chazon Ish (D’mai 3:12) proves that modern coins may be used even though they have no intrinsic value, and offers a possible explanation as to why that logic does not apply to
paper money which traditionally has not been used for these purposes. (footnote 16 on article "THE HUNT FOR THE PERUTAH CHAMURAH" by Rabbi Dovid Cohen http://www.crcweb.org/...
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Here's a list of Jewish organizations I donate online to with some regularity. I spend about 10 minutes checking out each one for reliability and quality and usefulness of work before giving a donation; feel free to do more.
With some exceptions, this list focuses on donations to the Jewish
poor and needy rather than cultural institutions, mainstream
...
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Following @Yirmeyahu's lead I found my copy of the Eye of the Needle with the full copy of the article you are looking for. I scanned it below. See end of page 3 and page 4. It is not a straight interview of R Moshe Feinstein but an essay based on his call for action to yeshiva students.
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If your parents are in need then give them because Tzedaka is a Mitzva to everyone, but even if they dont need so much helping them is still a mitzva see Isiah 58,7:
הֲלוֹא פָרֹס לָרָעֵב לַחְמֶךָ, וַעֲנִיִּים מְרוּדִים תָּבִיא בָיִת, כִּי תִרְאֶה עָרֹם וְכִסִּיתוֹ* *וּמִבְּשָׂרְךָ לֹא תִתְעַלָּם
Give to the hungry your bread, bring the poor to your ...
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When I received unemployment insurance, I took out ma'aser. One of the reasons is that even an ani who gets tzedaka is required to give ma'aser from that tzedakah. I keep a virtual quicken account to keep track of ma'aser and add 10% of income to this virtual ledger. Whenever I give tzedakah, I subtract the amount of the tzedakah from the virtual ledger. ...
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Welcome to J.SE, good questions.
Suppose I start with 100 lbs. of flour.
First I give a small amount, known as Terumah, to the Kohen. That leaves 98 lbs. of flour. I tithe the remaining flour (9.8 lbs); that's called Maaser Rishon, and it's given to the Levites. (Rambam laws of Maaser 1:1). The Levite then tithes what he gets, i.e. 0.98 lbs of flour, and ...
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The Star-K cites an argument about this between Rs Tzvi Pesach Frank and Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky.
For extensive discussion, see Derekh Emunah (Terumot 2:1 Beiur Halacha sv Ochel).
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TL;DR maybe yes... but it depends, should CYLOR just to be safe
Rav Yosef Yeshaya Braun in a chabadinfo.com article titled "Can I Buy my Seat With Maaser Money?" says it depends:
There is a discussion among contemporary poskim whether maaser (one tenth of one’s earnings that is earmarked for tzedakah) may be used to purchase a seat [for the High ...
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There is no maaser on non-monetary gifts according to R Tzvi Spitz, R Moshe Feinstein, R Moshe Heinemann, Chazon Ish (all four cited by R Avrohom Chaim Feuer in The tzedakah treasury pp. 136-7).
Some disagree, e.g., Rabbeinu Yonah, R Shlomon Zalman Auerbach both cited by R Shimon Taub in The laws of tzedakah and maaser
Others hold that only if one would ...
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R Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz (Chazon Ish Shevi'it 5:12) writes that were we to give Maaser Rishon nowadays to Leviyim on the basis that they claim the Levi Aliya in Shul, more people would lie and pretend to be Leviyim because of the financial benefit.
However, most authorities seem to think that Maaser Rishon (taken from certain Tevel) should (at least ...
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A) One can only redeem Ma'aser Sheini on coins - that is well codified, starting with the Mishna, all the way through to the Shulchan Aruch.
Bank notes are not coins, and do not qualify.
To quote the Rambam in הלכות מעשר שני ונטע רבעי פרק ד:
ט) אין פודין פירות מעשר אלא בכסף, שנאמר "וצרת הכסף" (דברים יד,כה); וכן אם פדה לעצמו והוסיף חומש, לא יהיה החומש ...
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Number 1 ( Agree to the parents' request and don't give ma'aser ). That's what Rabbi Dovid Feinstein told me.
The reason he gave for this was that it is a present with a stipulation. He also said that if the gift is large, there is an assumed stipulation and one need not give. His mashal (example) was a car. I asked what's the smallest large amount one can ...
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Rabbi David Feinstein rules that Maaser ksafim only comes into play after one pays all of his living expenses, including food rent tuition clothing etc. Whatever money is put away as extra is subject to the minhag we call Maaser Ksafim. Reb Elyashev has gone on record to say that paying for children's weddings is part of one's cost of living so all money put ...
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I have spent time over several days unsuccessfully trying to locate my copy of "Eye of the Needle" (which incidentally I see is recommended in the link you provided) but in the index there is a copy of the Jewish Observer article which you and your source have mentioned. My recollection of the article is that it didn't merely mention this idea in his name ...
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The rabbinate is actually doing its best to not impose at all. There are many tithes separated from produce in Israel and the rabbinate, in certifying that given produce is kosher (if requested to do so by the grower), only removes those tithes which cannot be eaten nowadays, namely, Terumah Gedolah and Terumat Maaser (totaling about 1% of the crop), plus in ...
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Yes you can donate money now and deduct it from future ma'aser "obligations". I found it clearly adresed by dinonline
The Noda Beyehuda [volume 1 siman 73] rules that one may give
preemptive maaser on money he has not yet earned and deduct it from
later earnings. This is quoted in Pischei Tshuva [Y:D 249]. This is
also the opinion of the Chasam ...
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Tosafos (Kiddushin 27a, ד"ה נתון) addresses this. They give two possibilities:
The Gemara (Yevamos 86b) cites an opinion that the penalty was that Maaser Rishon should be given specifically to poor Levi'im and Kohanim (where before it could be given to any of them, poor or rich). R' Yehoshua, as we find in another episode involving Rabban Gamliel (...
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Rabbi Haim Palachi (Nefesh Haim, ma’arechet Hei n. 7; s.v. ונלע״ד) articulated the idea of “tithing” one’s time by spreading or teaching Torah.
Similarly, Rabbi Shimon Shkop (Share Yosher, intro., s.v. וכן) expressed the importance of “spiritual tithes” whereby one enables another to grow in Torah.
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The Mishna (Terumot 4:6) writes:
המונה משובח והמודד משובח ממנו והשוקל משובח משלשתן.
One who counts is [more] praiseworthy [than one who estimates]; one who measures is more praiseworthy than one who counts; one who weighs is more praiseworthy than all three of them.
It seems the quantity of the portion is dependent of volume/mass/size.
The Mishna (...
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About 10 Years ago, I asked a similar question to a posek by the name of Rabbi Yonasan Wiener in Jerusalem and he replied "if you can't make ends meet, you're not obligated in maaser."
However, I read in a book on Rabbi Pinchas Sheinberg that a couple with a very difficult financial situation went to ask him whether they were obligated to take maaser.
He ...
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That is one reason that many people calculate the gross ma'aser as after withholding and then count any income tax refund as "income" for the purpose of ma'aser after the tax has been paid. Thus, the recursion that you suggest does not occur. Halachically, the ma'aser owed is calculated at particular times (even if you keep track each month).
If on the ...
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Welcome to J.SE; we prefer broader questions, but let's speak in more general terms.
and I promised Hashem that I will give maaser on any and all income that I receive, because it is a required mitzva.
That's the key right there. See this source sheet from Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner, citing Pit'chei Teshuva YD331:12 and many other sources that maaser is a ...
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The sources that I have seen would consider the inheritance as income. For example, someone gives a gift from money that had paid ma'aser on it. This is still considered complete income, because you have not paid any money for it. However, see below that you do not need to pay the ma'aser until you actually liquidate (sell) the property and obtain cash for ...
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Technically, ma'aser is the obligation in the Torah to give a tenth from animals and certain crops. Tzedakah is the obligation to support the poor and does not have a fixed amount. Nowadays, people (in effect) make a neder to give one tenth of all income to tzedakah (similar to the neder that Yaakov makes in Vayeitzei 28:22). They call this ma'aser kesafim ...
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There are a few laws relevant to your question:
It is forbidden to turn someone away. Instead, one must give at least something.
One should investigate a pauper before giving a substantial gift, but need not do so for a minimal gift.
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:8
אָסוּר לְהַחְזִיר אֶת הֶעָנִי שֶׁשָּׁאַל רֵיקָם. וַאֲפִלּוּ אַתָּה
נוֹתֵן לוֹ גְּרוֹגֶרֶת ...
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