Entries Tagged as 'tzedaka'

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Why doesn’t tzedaka have a blessing?

“Why doesn’t tzedaka have a blessing? The Rashbah writes that blessing on a mitzvah when more than one person is involved is inappropriate, because if the poor person refuses the tzedaka, the blessing would be taking G-d’s name in vain. Rebbe Mendel of Rimnov says that a blessing is appropriate when a person does a […]