Reply To: "borrowing" from a pushka?

RSRH; The discussion is tailor made for me. I’ve gone through the exact situation that the OP (Lemoysnicket) describes. When I (rarely) borrow from the Pushka, I always make an effort to return the funds. Otherwise, (If funds are not returned or taken for personal use) we are fooling ourselves. Some people use these funds for paying tuition or purchasing lottery tickets.They even quote famous Dayanim who permitted such use. But this is not called Tzedakah.