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Back to Episodes4/9/22 – Shiur 366 – Manipulative Advertising by Tzedakah Organizations: Promises of health, nachas, shidduchim and parnassah – false advertising or needed yeshuos?
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Do the halachos and secular laws regarding false advertising apply to organizations raising tzedakah?Are promises by the charity a permitted form of advertising?Should a charity require a minimum payment in order to get a beracha?Is it better to daven for yourself, or have someone else daven for you?Do the ends justify the means? Can puffery/manipulation be used in ads for the purpose of raising tzedakah for the genuinely needy?Do the following claims (for example) violate Halacha and/or secular law?
- Those who donate $480 “Will marry off their own children with Ease, with Health, Nachas and Great Simcha.”
- “They should be saved from all hardship and disease. They and all their family should have long lives and an abundance of parnassah, easily.”
- “It should protect them from all hardships. Their income should be doubled. And they should have nachas from all of their descendants.”
with Rabbi Chaim Kohn – founder of the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) and Av Beis Din – 17:35with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos – 40:44with Mrs. Linda Goldstein – respected FTC/advertising attorney – 1:04:34with Mr. Moshe Caller – Founder and CEO, The Marcal Group – 1:39:05with Rabbi Yair Hoffman – prolific author and Posek – 2:06:02