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JEI1USALEM.—(J. T. A.)—An
(Continued from Preceding I'age). food was the benefit asked; ac- appeal for immediate aid for the
Yemenite
Jews was received here
cording to some authorities, only
the unworthy; such giving for- when clothing was asked, the need from Rabbi Tichye Ilalevi, Chief
Rabbi
of
Yemen.
felts all "reward." respectively regarded as the more
The Yemenite Jews are starving
To counteract imposture, the urgent eliminating investigation.
rabbis appear to have relied not One authority holds that an inves- as a result of the drought. Locusts
so much upon cautioning the giv- tigating committee should consist have added to the devastation of
ers as upon admonishing the re- of no more than three persons lest their crops. The population is also
eipients. They urge that, within starvation overtakes the sufferer suffering from epidemics and tribal
certain limits, privation and hu- before a larger committee could warfare in the neighborhood.
niiliation are preferable to de- assemble.
pendence. "Make thy Sabbath a
Tne charity administrators had JUDGE STRAHL FETED
week day but remain indepen- to he men of high caliber and AT JERUSALEM DINNER
dent." 'Self support is i greater reputation and had to operate un-
than piety." Word in connection der rules carefully devised to pre-
JERUSALEM.-0. T. A.)—A
with idolatry but remain indepen- dude
everything that
might dinner in honor of Judge Jacob S.
dent." Especially are wayfarers arouse
suspicion.
Collections Strohl of the New York Municipal
! warned that visits of excessive would never be made by one man Court, president of the Judea Life
I frequency put the welcome to .4 singly but required two men who Insurance Company, was given
! strain and that a wayfarer who were forbidden to separate in the here Wednesday night, presided
brings with him another wayfarer course of the canvass, more than over by Col. Frederick Kish,
commits an impropriety. A very a few feet. All coins handled had
member of the Jerusalem Zionist
ancient source says that real im- to be placed in the collection box, Executive.
pairments will be the punishment even such as the collectors might
Among the. speakers were Nor-
of such as pretend to be blind, find in the street or such as one man Bentwich, Palestine Attorney-
lame and crippled in order to collector might hand another in re- General, Dr. Than who spoke on,
elicit alms. payment of a personal loan. At behalf of the Yam) Leumi, Nation-
On the whole, the attitude toward the count, each coin had to be al,Council of Palestine Jews, and
impostors—by which the rabbis picked up separately. The charity Mr. Merchas for the Jerusalem
meant persons falsely claiming to administrators were forbidden to community.
be in need—is one of extreme lib- furnish but would have to obtain
The name of Judge Strahl was
erirlity. A number of interesting from others the larger denomina- inscribed in the golden book of the
stories are told in this connection. tions into which the money col- Jewish National Fund. Messages
On story is that of a beggar upon lected would be changed. When were received from the mayor, the
whose dead body a bag of six hun- surplus charity supplies were of- chief justice and the governor. It
dred denarii (about one hundred fered for sale no charity admiring- teas stated that the Judea has 2,300
dollars) was found. Another is trator was permitted to be the policy holders in Palestine.
that. of certain charity recipients purchaser. The opinion prevailed
who were detected using gold and that one should refuse to contrib
silver vessels. "Are they people ate when in doubt about the ad- sons might occasionally be grant-
At ed a loan subject to later roller-
of such refinement?" exclaimed ministrator's qualifications.
their benefactor when informed of the some time, the position of tion either from those persons
promptly charity administrator was one of
this—whereupon
he
doubled their pension. Another signal honor. His accounts were themselves or from their heirs.
People who repeatedly sold them-
philanthropist, learning that car- not
subject
audit.
His the
descend-
ants
might to carry
into
best selves into captivity especially for
tain of his beneficiaries were se-
crafty indulging in costly wine, ex- families. Some teachers held that debt were not to be ransomed
dammed, "How great their sorrow inducing others to give was nobler without some hesitation. Poor per-
sons having wealthy relatives were
that it needs drowning in wine! even than giving itself.
Increase their allowance!" Stories Still( disbursers of charity seem debarred
from
assistance,
as public
well as charitable
persons
are also told of persons who, to have been as much subject to guilty of extreme deviations from
though not needing charity, in- the criticism and execrations of the ritual and ethical conventions.
cured the suspicion of being im- their clients as their modern suc- Parents were obligated to support
goes
cessors.. The
Jewish
law code
pastors by accepting charity
but
their
children
up to a certain age
were afterward discovered to be out of its way to assure charity and children, under certain condi-
re invectives
merely passing it on to others that workers that the more
parents .
to support their paren.
were
were really in want. The rabbinic they endure, the greater will .be lions,
One of the old stories tells of a
ideal was perdominantly that of their heavenly reward. A .distm y godly man who even supported his
the saint who kept 60 bakers busy guished
into rabbi was once advised b •
shrowelish divorced wife and her
to accept such a post- subsequent husband after the lat.
day and night indiscriminately h.is
supplying the needs of all who lion "in order to be cursed, in or-
ter had become blind and helpless.
might ask; of the rabbi who never der to be reviled.
uld Charity not only began at home
Charity administrators could
bought a pound of meat for him-
ce for proxim-
self without purchasing two l gally compel people
e
to give a ust
but showed preference
poor
were to
pounds for the poor; of the woman amount. "According to the camel, ill.
to home.
precedenceover outsiders,
ha ve
ve
who, while the guests were wait- the burden was the prover b. This
near residents
over remote Non-
and
ing, prepared a new dinner, hav- authority was unaffected even if relatives
over strangers.
ing at the last minute given to a the
the wealthy, as! sometimes hap-
were generously welcomed to
shabby applicant the dinner which pened, would rather have house to all the benefits of Jewish charity
had already been prepared; and of house begging than charitable as- although the acceptance of non-
the father who handed over for sessments. Importuning those who
the dowry of a poor maiden, the had already given sufficiently
was
Jewish
charity
by! Jews was,
out-
After thirty
side
of dire
emergencies,
frowned
money he had saved for his own discountenanced.
upon. It was decided in one in-
daughter's dowry. Particularly days of temporary sojourn in a stance, that a gift to Jewish funds
attractive was the figure of Job place, a visitor was obliged to do. from a non-Jewish ruler be dis-
who, says legend, had four doors n ate to the "box"; after three tributed among the Gentile poor
to his domicile that the needy, months, to the "kettle"; after six
with-
such
could be done with-
whatever direction they came months, to the cltohes fund; after provided
out giving
offense.
from, might find entrance easy. nine months, to the burial fund.
Among the types of benevo-
Job, despite his inordinate chari- When
up permanent
resi-
dence, taking
one became
subject to
all loner in addition to that of alms,
ties, overwhelmed with misfor-
food, clothes and lodging, was that
tune, complains to God; where- of these obligations immediately. of making loans to the needy, that
Everyone
expected
give not
upon God replies: "Job, thou less
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than was
one-third
of to
a shekel
of selling to the poor at cost when -_
didst give bread of wheat to those (about 20 cents) annually. The prices were high, and that of pro- .:.-__-_
accustomed to bread of wheat,
viding dowries for poor brides and __-
meat to those accustomed to average was one-tenth of one's in- household furnishings for poor
meat, wine to those accustomed to come. More than one-tenth was grooms. Visiting the sick and .--
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But Abraham did more. generosity, leSs was stinginess. The burying the dead were commonly
wine.
Abraham provided these bounties law forbade one giving of more listed as benevolent acts although -_-_-:
even for those who were unite- than one-fifth of one's possessions, rich as well as poor were, in these "---
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customed thereto." It is consid- at least during one's lifetime. matters, objects of solicitude . =-
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creel praiseworthy to take one's Charity recipients themselves
were if We hear of a philanthropist who, -..--
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something even
meals behind unlocked doors that expected to give
for a time, had a relief fund in- .---
"wnoso is hungry might enter and the gift amounted to nothing more
-
-_
eat" as the Passover ritual phrases than the exchange of identical tended
exclusively
for scholars,
The adoption
of orphans
was also S
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it. Nor was it deemed undesirable ' sums between two poor persons. among the deeds highly commend-
that poor persons inform one an- Charity pledges were often solicit- ed. The supreme form of honey,. - 0
other of places where hospitality r d in the synagogue, such being, lenCe, however, in the opinion of --L.
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abounded. In a word, extreme some believed, permissible even on many, was that of ransoming Jew- -..
latitude, compared with modern the Sabbath when mention of ish captives. It was felt that in • --
occidental practice, was the pen- money was otherwise illicit. There the horrors of captivity all mis- =---
chant of the Rabbis when it came is also voiced some protest against cries were included. Highly sag- '.-..-
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to precautions against imposture., the acceptance of what today , gestive of modern views is the
I would be called "tainted money,' ancient homily in which the Psalm "'
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5. Organteation.
ney ' that is acquired
in din- verse "blessed is he who consider- ',.
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The organization of charity as money,
reputable ways.
eth the poor" is interpreted to _.._
proposed and, in various localities,!
The
following
are
examples
of
mean
not
blessed
is
he
who
give;
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actually attained by the rabbis,
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comprised, among either things, , rules governing the disbursement to the poor but blessed is he who . =_
helps solve the problems of the -2= .
l of communal charity:
the following•
Perhaps
ahead
of
our
day
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I. Persons having enough food poor.
1. The "kettle"—a food supply
he rovision that a landowner,
. for two meals were ineli ible fur
fur daily distribution
if financially pressed, may re-
2. The "box"—a money fund the benefits of the "kettle."
from which weekly allowances! 2• Persons having enough food ceive charitable assistance in or
for 24 meals were ineligible for der to save him front selling his
were made.
land at a loss or at an unduly low
The resources of the "kettle" the benefits of the "box."
had to be gathered by three direr-. 3. A person possessing 200 price. "One man can unburden a
tors and those of the "box" by! zuzim (about five dollars and beast before he falls, five cannot
two, while disbursements were, in thirty-five cents) was ineligible lift him after he falls," was one of
either case, made by three. The for the biblical privilege of gath- the old sayings.
Philanthropy seems to have re-
"box" was available only to the ering what the harvesters dropped
local poor, not to outsiders. or forgot in the fields or left un- tained its vitality among the
Scholarly men were advised not harvested in the corners of the Jews when all else in Judaism hail
to reside in a community lacking fields. Similarly ineligible was a lost its appeal. This which is so
a "box." While house to house Person flaying a profitable business strikingly true in our own day was
beggars were to receive nothing or worth 50 zuzim (about one dot- matter of comment already cen-
tunics ago. "Though I sleep as
only a small sum, transients apply. tar and thirty-five cents).
The acceptance of charity had, regards the other commandments,
ing at the proper headquarters
would receive a food allowance of ' under certain circumstances, to be I am awawe as regards benevo-
not less than one-eighth of a peck preceded by the sale of certain lence," a certain text represents
per meal and, on the Sabbath, ornamental belongings such as Israel as saying: s uch being the
three meals containing beans, fish, : silks, jewels, and utensils of gold fanciful explanation of the verse,
vegetables, wine and oil, while a or of silver. Wayfarers were for- "I sleep but my heart waketh,"
bed with a pillow would be pro-, bidden to pass to the children of spoken by the lovelorn maiden in
vided for the night and clothing, the household any of the food the Book of Canticles. The last
supplied if the persons were set before them and were admon- of its possessions that Judaism can
known. It appears that, at vari- fished to comment with apprecia- afford to yield as its compassion
ous times, the synagogue served as lion and not with disparagement for thi N :uffering. If only we re-
a lodge for indigent wayfarers. upon the efforts of their host. An, main a Ake in this regard, our
For totally unknown persons there outright miser was to receive noth- somnolenckin other matters is
would be investigation only when m
ing, although parsimonious per- surely less appalling.

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