The Complexity of Tz'dakah with Rabbi Natasha Mann

The second in Shema Koleinu's Elul series 5784.
Every Yom Kippur, Isaiah dismisses our hard work through fasting and prayer. In the Haftarah, he portrays God as scoffing at our fasting, and points instead to the most important aspect of change: helping the needy. But why and how should righteous behaviour (or giving to charity) affect whether or not we’re written in the Book of Life? How do we handle these teachings in a world where bad things happen to good people? Join Rabbi Natasha to explore the complexity of tz’dakah: what it is, why it matters, and why Isaiah thinks our fasting is nothing without it.
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