Daily Chizuk #0966

Parashat Re'eh: With A Happy Heart
The pasuk says in this week’s parasha Re’eh, עשר תעשר, which the Gemara explains to mean, give ten percent of your earnings to charity and you will become wealthy. Although the pasuk is speaking to a landowner giving ten percent of his crops to charity, Tosafot bring from the Sifreh that the same applies to a businessman giving ten percent of his earnings. The Tur writes in Yoreh De’ah, siman 247, it has been tried and tested, when a person gives tzedaka, he does not lose, rather the opposite happens, he gains wealth and honor from it. Furthermore, it nullifies harsh decrees and saves the person from death.
Giving tzedaka is wondrous. It benefits us in both worlds. Let us not only give, but give with a happy heart.
Shabbat Shalom Rosh Chodesh ELUL Tov U'mevorach!!!