The (Any Number of) Commandments of Tzedakah

Stories and texts convey values. Rules create real-life reminders and rules based on those values provide us with an ethical formula for our lives.

Analyze the values found in the texts in Attachment Two: Sacred Giving: How?

Paraphrase one of the texts and create a personal response in the form of a commandment that expresses a Jewish tzedakah tradition. The commandment might be positive (“Do…..”) or negative (“Don’t…..”).

Select your text and retell it in the form of a rule in the chart below:

The Text	The Commandment Derived from the Text