Disillusioned

It is only the ignorant of Halacha that think that modesty is only for women. While there are stricter rules for men than women, the Shulchan Aruch clearly states modesty for men. Why do people think quoting wrong Halacha in this coffee room or anywhere is ok? If you don’t know….you don’t have to give others you ignorant answers. At least be honest and give a disclaimer that it is your own made up Judaism. Falsely misleading people….there is a price to pay.

Joseph – to clarify

When you purchase a $100 raffle ticket toward a charity, there are two parts. ~ $5 goes toward your own chance to win the prize. (This based on your odds of winning) Your money, your prize. The ~$95 additional is the amount donated.

If you win or lose – Deduct only $95 from your Maaser distribution account.
If you win – pay 10% Maaser on the full winnings of $3000.

The question is left very vague…. are you equating the man’s responsibility to provide for his family with that of the wife who is kind enough to help out but is not required? If the responsibility is the husband then let him figure it out and be supportive.

Joseph – let’s break it down further

1. “At that point the original $100 is no longer considered to have been given to maaser, since you got it back, so you’d have to give that $100 to maaser (since it presumably came out of your maaser cheshbon.”
——how do you go back and readjust where the money came from? It’s not a game. Secondly, Winning a chance prize is not as if you got your original money back.

2. Has just negated your original theory of having to reduce any amount of the winnings or investment from your Maaser Cheshbon even though you have proven to have gained from it personally.

The idea is, we have to establish who’s money won the prize? Your own… then deduct it from the original ticket price and keep the prize or it’s Maaser money investment and Maaser gets to keep the winnings. In that case all $3000 should belong to Tzedakah as you have donated all the money to it.

Joseph – is the only value in a new print…. a new Chalek? The new additions mentioned are covered for their strong emphases on User Experience. Similar to Apple! They add extra commentaries, easier to read print, take out abbreviations, better organization and footnotes to help the one studying the material. An example you may be able to relate to….Would you consider all smartphones equal?

Joseph: ok, let’s go with your theory…. if you purchased a $100 ticket with Maaser money and won a $3000 prize, how much maaser do you have to give? $3000? Then what was the win? It sounds as if you are saying the investment in purchasing the ticket is Maaser money and the winnings belong to Maaser and not yourself.
If you go with the other approach (which I did ask a very competent Posek) you would deduct approximately $5 off the $100 price of the ticket as your value in the possibility of winning the raffle prize.

– My Rav’s psak is win $3000 for $5 ($95 was tzedakah)
– Your Psak is pay $0 up front ($100 is all Tzedakah) but pay $3000 to tzeddakah if you win and have no win.

Think this through and make sense of it.

With the current immorality of the world stretching itself to match the times of the flood, based on the Medrash that the immoral nature of mankind affected the animals and their relationships which lead them to breed mixed creatures, we should have our very own exciting Dino’s very soon.