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8. David Altshuler. President of the Trust for Jewish Philanthropy, as cited in S. Fishkoff,“The

Jewish Money Culture.” in Moment, vol. 28, nu. 1,(February 2003), p. 56.

9. Editorial in The Forward, November 29, 2002, p. 10

0.“The Jewish Money Culture,” pp. 56-57

I. Ibid., p. 79

2. Taken from internet page: http://www.besr.org/ethicist namebuilding.html 3. Responsa of Rashba, 1:581.

4, Lev. 19:15

5. Rashi to Lev. 19:15

6. Sefer HaHinukh(New York : Feldheim Publishers, 1984), vol. 3, p. 65.

7. Lev. 19:14-16. Translation adapted from that of The Tanach(New York : Artscroll, 1996),

p. 293

8. Lev. 19:18

Q.~ FP In Jewish law, for example, even the poorest member of the community is expected to

participate in the requirement of tzedakah.

E. Newman, Past Imperatives ­

<0. For a representative sampling and interpretation, see L. ate University of New York

Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics(Albany: St Press, 1998), pp. 17-33.

21. Ibid. pp. 29-30.

22. Ibid. pp. 34-37.

23. Gen. 18:19