Maaser: A tenth of income to charity
Is tithing income an obligation or a good custom? How should maaser be calculated? To what purposes should the money be used? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink and study the principle sources and opinions.
Maaser: A tenth of income to charity: Lesson 1
Maaser: Giving one tenth of your income for charity: Our first topic will deal with the origin of tithing. Is this a Torah law, a rabbinic law, or merely an optional minhag? Next, we will turn to the question of calculating how much charity to give.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.