Torah Wealth Blog Mission Statement
Title: “Owning Wealth. Living Responsibility.”
Mission: To educate and inspire wealthy Orthodox Jews to align their financial blessings with Torah-based responsibility — where private wealth is honored, but communal obligation is internalized. We aim to restore the authentic Torah ethic of giving: not as a minimum obligation, but as a sacred trust. This blog is a halachic and philosophical guide for those whom Hashem has blessed, to serve as worthy stewards of the money entrusted to them.
Founding Ethos (Printable Version)
- Ownership is Real: The Torah believes in private property. What you earn is yours — legally and halachically.
- Responsibility is Greater: Your wealth is not only yours. Hashem gave it to you with expectations.
- Communal Giving is a Personal Duty: In a broken world, if no communal tzedakah fund exists, the wealthy are halachically and morally obligated to step up — fully.
- Three Circles of Obligation:
- First: Yourself and your family’s dignity and needs
- Second: Your relatives, employees, and those around you
- Third: The broader community of the needy
- Wealth is a Test: The Alshich HaKadosh teaches that extra wealth is not a gift — it’s a trust. Hoarding what others need is gezel.
- Tzedakah is Not a Percentage: Based on the Chofetz Chaim’s Ahavas Chesed, true giving is not about percentages — it’s about responding to real needs with real help.
- Think Like a Communist. Privately: Publicly, the Torah defends ownership. Privately, you must live as if what you have belongs to others.
Full Blog Introduction
Welcome to the Torah Wealth Blog: A Guide for the Blessed.
If Hashem has blessed you with wealth, this blog is for you. Not to flatter you. Not to guilt you. But to speak honestly, with Torah as our only guide.
The Torah honors private property. It does not preach socialism or communism. It forbids theft and honors earned success. But at the same time — it places a radical burden on the individual to use that success for the good of others.
If you are wealthy, the Torah sees you as a guardian of a public trust.
Your excess funds are not a reward — they are a mission.
Chazal say the money of the poor is “placed in the hands of the rich.” The Alshich writes that any wealth held beyond your needs is not yours — it is held in trust, and failing to give it is stealing. The Chofetz Chaim teaches that tzedakah is not a financial obligation, but a form of chesed, which has no ceiling.
This blog is for those who:
- Make over $1 million per year, and want to know what the Torah expects of them.
- Want to build a plan for tzedakah that is halachically correct, morally grounded, and spiritually fulfilling.
- Are tired of surface-level giving and want to make real impact.
We will explore:
- The halachos of tzedakah for the wealthy
- Priorities: family vs. yeshiva vs. communal needs
- How much to give when you can give more
- Why not giving may be gezel
- The true role of the rich man in a Torah community
Let this be a place of learning, clarity, and action.
May Hashem give us all the wisdom to be faithful stewards of the blessings He has placed in our hands.
Blog Motto:
“Torah honors your ownership. But Hashem is watching how you give.”
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