Calculating Maaser Kesafim with taxes

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January 02 2017
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Venue: Mt Sinai Jewish Center (New York, NY) Mt Sinai Jewish Center (New York, NY)

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Tzedakah 

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we try to get our donations in before Dec 31 to help with taxes. How does this correlate with maaser kesafim?

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    1. Title: Shiur on Maaser
      Author: False == 1 ? Anonymous : Steven Kopstick &##44;
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      One interesting question is whether the money given to organizations who are running Chinese auctions or raffles counts as tzedakah for Maaser purposes. For US tax purposes purchasing a lottery ticket or a raffle ticket is not tax deductible.

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      Author: False == 1 ? Anonymous : Ezra Schwartz &##44;
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      <p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Sefer&nbsp;Tzedaka Umishpat &nbsp;argues if you win the&nbsp;</span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">raffle</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">&nbsp;it does not count as a donation. &nbsp;This is true particularly if you would have spent the money anyways on the item received. If you don't win it all counts as maaser</span></p>

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