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The Torah has 3,000 years of thinking on money. Almost none of it gets taught. Money & Mitzvot brings these sources to life — every week, for every age.
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Week 4 Shabbat Table: Wanting — Desire, Comparison, and Enough
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Week 4: Lo Tachmod — Desire, Action, and the Torah's Psychology of Money
K–6 Track
Week 4: The Wanting Problem — What the Torah Says About Jealousy
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This week: Lo Tachmod — the commandment about wanting what your neighbor has
Money & Mitzvot — Week 4 Lo Tachmod — the commandment about wanting what your neighbor has The 10th commandment is unlike all the others. The Ten Commandments regulate actions: don't murder, don't steal, don't commit adultery. And then, last on the list, something entirely different.
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Week 3 Shabbat Table: Giving — Obligation, Amount, and How
High School Track
Week 3: Tzedakah & Maaser — Obligation, Hierarchy, and Rambam's Ladder
K–6 Track
Week 3: The Corners of the Field — The Jewish Way of Sharing
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This week: Tzedakah — it's not charity, it's justice
Money & Mitzvot — Week 3 Tzedakah — it's not charity, it's justice This week's theme: Tzedakah & Maaser — the obligation to give The word tzedakah (tzeh-dah-KAH) comes from the root tzedek — justice. That's not an accident. Jewish law frames giving not as a
Shabbat Table
Week 2 Shabbat Table: Lending & Interest
Ribbis explained, Vayikra 25:36 source, and three questions each for young children, teens, and adults.
High School Track
Week 2: Ribbis — Interest, Exploitation, and the Heter Iska
Source sheet, ribbis d'oraita vs. d'rabbanan, the Heter Iska as halachic innovation, three applied scenarios, and chavruta questions.
K–6 Track
Week 2: The Lending Rule — What the Torah Says About Borrowing and Lending
A story about Yosef and Binyamin, the source in Vayikra, the Gemach Game activity, and the big idea: helping a friend should be real helping — not a transaction.