08-16-2007, 02:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-16-2007, 02:26 PM by Director Michael.)
In reply to Brian,
The tithing which the Torah commands to Jews is that the general population of Jews living in the Holy Land are required to give specific agricultural gifts to the Jewish priests (Kohanim), Levites, and the poor, during times when the Holy Temple is built and functioning, and the rules of Jewish ritual purity are in force with respect to the Temple. None of these tithing gifts are given in our days, since the desruction of the Second Temple (until the Messianic redemption and building of the Third Temple, speedily in our days). In rememberance of the commandment, it became a Jewish custom to give at least a "tithe," i.e. 1/10 of earned income, to poor individuals and to proper charities. Noahides are also very much encouraged to give charity and to perform acts of goodness and kindness.
None of these gifts to the Kohanim and Levites in the Holy Land are given during this temporary era of Jewish exile. When the Temple is standing and the Jewish tribes are settled in their ancestral areas, a Noahide can live in Israel as a Ger Toshav, and can participate in giving these tithe gifts.
There is no requirement to give exclusively to persons and institutions which teach Torah.
bdschuh Wrote:Is tithing for Noahides modeled after tithing for Jews?
The tithing which the Torah commands to Jews is that the general population of Jews living in the Holy Land are required to give specific agricultural gifts to the Jewish priests (Kohanim), Levites, and the poor, during times when the Holy Temple is built and functioning, and the rules of Jewish ritual purity are in force with respect to the Temple. None of these tithing gifts are given in our days, since the desruction of the Second Temple (until the Messianic redemption and building of the Third Temple, speedily in our days). In rememberance of the commandment, it became a Jewish custom to give at least a "tithe," i.e. 1/10 of earned income, to poor individuals and to proper charities. Noahides are also very much encouraged to give charity and to perform acts of goodness and kindness.
bdschuh Wrote:The Jews give a terumah of 1/40th. Then a first and second tithe, as well as the first of the dough, fleece, and several other things I cannot remember.
None of these gifts to the Kohanim and Levites in the Holy Land are given during this temporary era of Jewish exile. When the Temple is standing and the Jewish tribes are settled in their ancestral areas, a Noahide can live in Israel as a Ger Toshav, and can participate in giving these tithe gifts.
bdschuh Wrote:Or do we simply give 10 percent to who teaches us Torah?
There is no requirement to give exclusively to persons and institutions which teach Torah.