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#It is permitted and even recommended for the donor to get recognition for his donation by having his name written on it.<ref> Rashba (responsa 581), Rama Y.D. 249:13, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:13. The Rashba shows that it is a good thing to recognize those who donate to charity from the [https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%94_%D7%94_%D7%95 Midrash Rut 5:6]. The Midrash says that if Reuven would have known that the Torah would have recorded that he tried to save Yosef he would have carried on his shoulders and brought him home. Also, if Aharon would have known that the story of him greeting Moshe happily when he was accepted to be the leader of Israel he would have went to greet him with musical instruments. Lastly, if Boaz would have known that the Navi would have written about him that he gave Rut some roasted grain he would have instead given her fatten calves. The Rashba concludes that the reason that the Torah records these stories is to recognize the good deeds each person did so we can learn from them. So too we can and should recognize those who donor to tzedaka for them to be able to remember and also to encourage others.</ref> | #It is permitted and even recommended for the donor to get recognition for his donation by having his name written on it.<ref> Rashba (responsa 581), Rama Y.D. 249:13, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:13. The Rashba shows that it is a good thing to recognize those who donate to charity from the [https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%94_%D7%94_%D7%95 Midrash Rut 5:6]. The Midrash says that if Reuven would have known that the Torah would have recorded that he tried to save Yosef he would have carried on his shoulders and brought him home. Also, if Aharon would have known that the story of him greeting Moshe happily when he was accepted to be the leader of Israel he would have went to greet him with musical instruments. Lastly, if Boaz would have known that the Navi would have written about him that he gave Rut some roasted grain he would have instead given her fatten calves. The Rashba concludes that the reason that the Torah records these stories is to recognize the good deeds each person did so we can learn from them. So too we can and should recognize those who donor to tzedaka for them to be able to remember and also to encourage others.</ref> | ||
===Tzedaka Pledges=== | |||
#Saying that this dollar or any sum of money is tzedaka is binding and that money is tzedaka.<ref>Tosfot Bava Kama 36b s.v. yad, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 258:1</ref> Similarly, if someone says that I am going to give tzedaka it is a binding vow.<ref>Rosh Hashana 6a, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 257:3</ref> | |||
#One should always say that one is accepting the tzedaka bli neder, without a vow, so that one doesn't accidentally forget and be liable in a serious sin.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 257:4</ref> Also, if one pledges tzedaka to poor people he must give it immediately and if he delays he violations a prohibition. Therefore, he should stipulate that he plans to give it out to poor people when he sees fit.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 257:3</ref> | |||
#If someone pledged tzedaka to give to the gabbay, he isn't in violation of any prohibition for delaying until the gabbay demands that it be paid. However, if the gabbay doesn't know about his pledge he must make him aware of it and fulfill his pledge.<ref>Rama Y.D. 257:3</ref> | |||
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