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Friday, August 04, 2006

Take Care of Those in Need

Deuteronomy 24:6 says that the millstone cannot be taken for pawn.

This verse leads to a discussion of not taking a person's means to make a living or to eat as collateral for a loan.

Then there is the other side of the story where it says that there will be 'no needy' if we follow God's word.

Since we don't always follow God's word then we need to have rules and guidelines for how to take care of those in need.

So this is a good guideline to follow but can be very complex to bring it to modern day terms.

There is also the correlation between what is to be given as tsedakkah and what is to be loaned.

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