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==Who is obligated to contribute?== | ==Who is obligated to contribute?== | ||
# Anything needed for protecting of the city is provided by all residents except Torah scholars be cause their Torah protects. However, if the city needs a communal resource fixed then even Torah scholars are obligated to contribute. Nevertheless, the Torah scholars should not perform menial labor in front of the public eye. <ref>Gemara [[Kiddushin]] 70a, Rambam Sanhedrin 25:4, | # Anything needed for protecting of the city is provided by all residents except Torah scholars be cause their Torah protects. However, if the city needs a communal resource fixed then even Torah scholars are obligated to contribute. Nevertheless, the Torah scholars should not perform menial labor in front of the public eye. <ref>Gemara [[Kiddushin]] 70a, Rambam Sanhedrin 25:4, Shulchan Aruch CM 8:4 </ref> | ||
# A Torah scholar who disgraces [[mitzvot]] and lacks fear of Hashem is considered one of the lowly members of the congregation. <ref> | # A Torah scholar who disgraces [[mitzvot]] and lacks fear of Hashem is considered one of the lowly members of the congregation. <ref> Shulchan Aruch YD 243:3 </ref> | ||
==Obligation to Build a Shul== | ==Obligation to Build a Shul== | ||
# See [[Respect_for_a_Shul#Building_a_Shul]] | # See [[Respect_for_a_Shul#Building_a_Shul]] | ||
Revision as of 03:02, 7 January 2015
Who is obligated to contribute?
- Anything needed for protecting of the city is provided by all residents except Torah scholars be cause their Torah protects. However, if the city needs a communal resource fixed then even Torah scholars are obligated to contribute. Nevertheless, the Torah scholars should not perform menial labor in front of the public eye. [1]
- A Torah scholar who disgraces mitzvot and lacks fear of Hashem is considered one of the lowly members of the congregation. [2]
