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{weblog_name} - Giving Unil It Hurts
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Anyone who gives to charity asks himself or herself, “How much is enough?”  Unlike taxes there is not set amount. Several religions say 10 percent of one’s net income is the mark. (Following Talmudic guidelines, many traditional Jews do just that.) That’s a very generous number. Still, if you’re Bill Gates you can obviously still dig a little deeper. My friend Drew Staffenberg, who was the Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, used to say, “Don’t give until it hurts; give until it feels good.” Then, of course, he’d ask me for a painful amount of money. I just returned from a climbing trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Our expedition company, EarthTreks, told us before we left to bring one extra clothing item to give to our porters. They are extremely poor people and are… read more

nice article - giving tzedakah is never an exact science. and, like most things in the world, those who do it best (what danny siegel - http://www.dannysiegel.com - calls mitzvah heroes) are the best ones to consult along the way.

in your particular case, maybe you can find others who are travelling there and ask them to take one more article of clothing. then you will have ‘covered’ your desire to do more!

and when in doubt, ask a mitzvah hero - they know what is going on and how best to solve it.

arnie draiman
http://www.draimanconsulting.com
http://www.mitzvahheroesfund.org