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| Introduction |
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1 | (12) |
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| Section A Ancient sources |
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13 | (68) |
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Introduction to the ancient sources |
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15 | (3) |
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A1 Responsibilities of the bailee (Exodus 22:6-7) |
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18 | (1) |
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A2 Lending to the poor (Exodus 22:24-26) |
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19 | (2) |
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A3 Sabbatical and Jubilee years (Leviticus 25) |
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21 | (3) |
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A4 Tithes (Numbers 18:21-32; Deuteronomy 14:22-29; Deuteronomy 26:12-15) |
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24 | (3) |
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A5 Sabbatical year (Deuteronomy 15:1-11) |
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27 | (2) |
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A6 Righteousness and redemption (Proverbs 10: 2, 19:17) |
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29 | (1) |
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A7 Debt and egalitarianism (Nehemiah 5) |
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30 | (2) |
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A8 Advice on dealing with money (Ben Sira 29) |
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32 | (2) |
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A9 Do not steal (Philo, On the Decalogue, 135-137) |
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34 | (1) |
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A10 A treasury in heaven (Matthew 6:19-33) |
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35 | (1) |
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A11 The problem with wealth (Matthew 19:23-26) |
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36 | (1) |
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A12 Taxes and religion (Matthew 22:15-22) |
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37 | (1) |
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A13 God and the poor (Matthew 25:31-46) |
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38 | (2) |
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A14 Collecting for the poor (2 Corinthians 9) |
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40 | (2) |
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A15 Laws of forgotten sheaves (Mishnah Peah 6:5-7) |
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42 | (2) |
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A16 Who is poor? (Mishnah Peah 8:8-9) |
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44 | (2) |
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A17 Economic speculation and the sacred (Mishnah Sukkah 3:4 and Babylonian Talmud Sukkah 34b) |
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46 | (2) |
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A18 Market prices (Mishnah Baba Metzia 4:12) |
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48 | (1) |
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A19 Avoiding the cancellation of loans (Mishnah Shevi'it 10:3-4) |
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49 | (1) |
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A20 Usury (Mishnah Baba Metzia 5:1) |
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50 | (2) |
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A21 Risk and liability (Mishnah Baba Metzia 7:8) |
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52 | (1) |
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A22 Market intervention and the common good (Mishnah Keritot 1:7) |
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53 | (2) |
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A23 Laws of inheritance (Mishnah Baba Batra 8:5-7) |
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55 | (2) |
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A24 The economic relationship between spouses (Mishnah Ketubot 5:9) |
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57 | (2) |
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A25 Receiving charity (Tosefta Peah 4:10) |
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59 | (2) |
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A26 Usury (Tosefta Baba Metzia 6:17) |
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61 | (2) |
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A27 Usury and poverty (Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai, on Exodus 22:24) |
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63 | (1) |
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A28 Causes of poverty (Sifre Zuta Deuteronomy 15:11) |
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64 | (2) |
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A29 Wealth and worthiness (Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 9:1, 13b) |
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66 | (1) |
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A30 Torah study and poverty (Jerusalem Talmud Peah 8:8,21a-b) |
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67 | (1) |
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A31 Wealth and the divine (Jerusalem Talmud Peah 4:3, 18b) |
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68 | (1) |
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A32 Market intervention and the common good (Babylonian Talmud Pesachim 30a) |
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69 | (2) |
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A33 The requirement to give charity (Babylonian Talmud Baba Batra 9a-b) |
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71 | (2) |
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A34 Poverty and punishment (Babylonian Talmud Baba Batra 10a) |
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73 | (2) |
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A35 Wealth and divine favor (Babylonian Talmud Nedarim 38a) |
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75 | (1) |
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A36 Usury and the poor (Exodus Rabbah 31) |
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76 | (5) |
| Section B Medieval sources |
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81 | (46) |
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Introduction to the medieval sources |
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83 | (2) |
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B1 Limitations on property ownership (Selections from Rashi's commentary on Leviticus 25) |
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85 | (8) |
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B2 Lending to non-Jews with interest (Sefer Or Zarua Part III Bava Metzia § 208) |
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93 | (3) |
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B3 Risk and reward, profit and liability (Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Agents and Partners 2:2, 4; 5:1-2) |
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96 | (2) |
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B4 Wealth and prophecy (Maimonides, Guide to the Perplexed I1:32) |
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98 | (1) |
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B5 Charity and the divine world (Moses de Leon, Unnamed Composition) |
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99 | (3) |
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B6 Almsgiving and the Kabbalah (Moses de Leon, selection from Sefer ha-Rimmon) |
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102 | (7) |
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B7 In praise of poverty (Zohar III:223a, Parashat Pint:as, Ra'aya Meheimna) |
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109 | (2) |
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B8 Obligations to the poor and the Shekhinah (Zohar 111:273, Parashat Eqev, Ra'aya Meheimna) |
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111 | (2) |
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B9 The problem of wealth (The Hebrew Writings of the Author of Tiqqunei Zohar and Ra'aya Mehemna) |
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113 | (1) |
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B10 Poverty and prayer (The Hebrew Writings of the Author of Tiqqunei Zohar and Ra'aya Mehemna) |
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114 | (1) |
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B11 Principles of almsgiving (Sefer ha-Hinnukh § 449) |
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115 | (4) |
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B12 Private property in the synagogue (R. Isaac bar Sheshet Perfet, Responsum 253) |
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119 | (6) |
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B13 Almsgiving and the public order (R. Joseph Karo) |
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125 | (2) |
| Section C Modern sources |
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127 | (75) |
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Introduction to the modern sources |
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129 | (2) |
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C1 The inevitability of poverty (Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz (K'li Yakar) on Exodus 22:24-26) |
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131 | (5) |
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C2 "Workfare" (Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz (K'li Yakar) on Exodus 23:5) |
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136 | (2) |
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C3 A plea for Jewish toleration (Simone Luzzatto, Discourse on the Jews of Venice) |
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138 | (3) |
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C4 A plea for Jews' economic integration into Britain (John Toland, Reasons for Naturalizing the Jews in Great Britain and Ireland on the Same Foot with All Other Nations) |
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141 | (2) |
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C5 A limit on charity contributions? (Jacob Emden, Responsa I 3) |
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143 | (2) |
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C6 An obsession with wealth (Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, "The Tale of the Master of Prayer") |
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145 | (4) |
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C7 Richness and Torah (Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, Likutey Moharan 60) |
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149 | (2) |
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C8 Charity, community, and salvation (Hayim David Hazan, Sermon in Izmir) |
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151 | (4) |
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C9 Anti-mammonism in Antebellum America (Isaac Mayer Wise, "The Age and Its Corruption" and "The Age and Its Corruption II: Mammon and Science") |
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155 | (4) |
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C10 Scholars and the communal tax (Eliyahu Bechor Hazan, Responsum) |
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159 | (3) |
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C11 Slavery (Harriet Beecher Stowe and Isaac Meir Dik, Di Shklaveray) |
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162 | (9) |
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C12 Priority for the distribution of charity (Yechiel Michael Epstein, Arukh ha-Shulkhan) |
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171 | (3) |
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C13 Poverty and laziness (Mendele Mokher Sefarim (S.J. Abramowitz), Sefer HaKabzanim) |
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174 | (3) |
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C14 Poverty and the religious life (Rav Zadok ha-Kohen of Lublin, Machashavot Charutz 72) |
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177 | (2) |
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C15 The poor person and the self (Hermann Cohen, selection from Der Begriff der Religion im System der Philosophie) |
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179 | (8) |
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C16 Democracy and dues ("President's Message," Congregation Adath Israel, Louisville, KY) |
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187 | (3) |
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C17 The working class (Michael Gold, "The East Side I Knew") |
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190 | (3) |
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C18 Middle class in America (Rabbi Edgar Siskin, "Do You Live According to Your Means?") |
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193 | (2) |
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C19 Is wealth compatible with spirituality? (Lucy Dawidowicz, "Middle Class Judaism: A Case Study") |
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195 | (3) |
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C20 A bill to allow banking (Heter Isqa) |
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198 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
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202 | (5) |
| Index |
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